Helping English

Phrasal Verbs

Meaning

Examples

1. make for

to go in a certain direction

On weekends, people make for the beach.

2. make out

to understand

I couldn’t make out the sign on the gate.  

3. make up

to resolve a quarrel

to invent a story

At last, they made up that silly quarrel. (resolved)

I don’t believe your story; you have made it up. (invent)  

4. make of

to have an opinion about somebody

What do you make of his strange behavior?

5. make off with

to steal

While I was visiting Madrid, a man made off with my briefcase.

6. make sth into sth else

to change something into something else

 The old palace has been made into a five-star hotel & restaurant.

7. make up for

to compensate for something lost or wasted

He should make up for his loss of sleep by going to bed early.

8. make after

to chase something

The children are making after the dog.