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Hi, is "to make sense" a phrasal verb?
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Hi, is "to make sense" a phrasal verb?
No, it's just a phrase, an idiom.
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Depends on HOW it is used!!

I can't make sense of this test.

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He doesn't make sense.
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Thanks engee30 and susiedqq for replying.

If I am talking to someone and I refer to something I have just said to that person when I ask "Does it make sense?". Is "make sense" a phrasal verb in this context?
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If I am talking to someone and I refer to something I have just said to that person when I ask "Does it make sense?". Is "make sense" a phrasal verb in this context?
You must have gotten me wrong, Burwood - make sense will never be the phrasal verb in any context.
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