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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

make it up to en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To pay back; to return someone a previous good deed.
    • You've been so kind to me, how can I make it up to you?
    • After John gave her a lovely wooly hat for her birthday, she wanted to make it up to him so she took him out for dinner.
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To redeem oneself.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
made it up to Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
made it up to Tense=Past lexicographic
makes it up to Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
making it up to Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Translations (12)

es compensarlo (return someone a previous good deed) · cmn 自我救贖 /自我救赎 (to redeem onself) · es resarcir (return someone a previous good deed) · it ricambiare (return someone a previous good deed) · fi hyvittää (return someone a previous good deed) · fi hyvittää (to redeem onself) · fi korvata (return someone a previous good deed) · cmn 洗心革面 (to redeem onself) · es recuperarlo (return someone a previous good deed) · es recompensar (return someone a previous good deed) · cmn 回報 /回报 (return someone a previous good deed) · cmn 報恩 /报恩 (return someone a previous good deed)