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makes it up to

makes it up to is the third-person singular simple present indicative of make it up to.

Meaning of make it up to

Verb

make it up to (third-person singular simple present makes it up to, present participle making it up to, simple past and past participle made it up to)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To pay back; to return someone a previous good deed.
    • 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.

Questions about makes it up to

What is makes it up to the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Makes it up to is the third-person singular simple present indicative of make it up to.

Words near makes it up to in the dictionary

  1. makes it rain
  2. makes it snappy
  3. makes it so
  4. makes it so that
  5. makes it up as one goes along
  6. makes it up to
  7. makes known
  8. makes land
  9. makes landfall
  10. makes light of
  11. makes light work of

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