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Phrasal Verb: Make up

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Make up - Stop being angry with someone
Example:
They are always arguing, but they MAKE UP again very quickly.
Notes:
- Intransitive
- International English
Make up - Put on cosmetics
Example:
She went to the bathroom to MAKE her face UP.
Notes:
- Separable [optional]
- International English
Make up - Invent a story
Example:
They MADE UP an excuse for being late.
Notes:
- Inseparable
- International English
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Other Phrasal Verbs

We have 12 phrasal verbs with 'MAKE'

- Make do with
- Make for
- Make into
- Make it
- Make it up to
- Make off with
- Make out
- Make over
- Make up
- Make up for
- Make up to
- Make with

 
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