make up to someone—1. draw near to a person; approach smb.: Later I saw her make up to the lady I have described. 2. try to ingratiate oneself with a person: One who makes up to a teacher is recognized as being in a slightly different cat- egory from an outright sneak. make up with someone—(also: make it up with someone) settle a quarrel; make one’s peace with a person: I’m sorry. I was wrong. I want to make up with you. make up the weight • make weight make up the weight—1. supply what is wanting to complete a given weight: Train with your full packs—fill them with old clothes, etc. just to make up the weight that you would be carrying. 2. supply deficiencies; make smth. complete: Bap- tists teach the following great doctrines, which make up the weight and substance of the whole Bible. make weight—(Boxing ) lose sufficient weight to remain eli- gible for a specified weight division: If Oscar does not continue his proper diet and exercising, he won’t make weight for the next fight. make waves • raise waves make waves—1. (usually of wind) cause waves to rise or appear: See over to the right, is that something stirring, or is it just the wind making waves ? 2. unsettle a comfortable situ- ation; stir up trouble: He is a solid dependable Scotsman who runs a company at a profit and doesn’t make waves . 3. impress people by doing smth. very well: After a difficult period when it was struggling to survive, Courtauld Films is now making waves from its new base. raise waves— = make waves 1: These small waves raised by the evening wind are as remote from storm as the smooth reflecting surface. make way for something • pave the way for something make way for something—1. move away or be removed so that some other thing is able to stand there: In the end, the cinema is pulled down to make way for a parking lot. 2. move aside so as to allow room for smth. such as a vehicle to pass: When an ambulance approached, she pulled over to the side of the road to make way for the ambulance. 3. be succeeded or replaced by smth. else: The manual typewriter made way for the electric then electronic typewriter which, in turn, made way for word processors. Note: The expression does not fully correlate in meaning with the phrase give way to something—1. allow a vehicle, etc. to pass first: In most countries (where rules are observed) the usual is to give way to traffic on the driver’s side. 2. = make way for something 3: As passenger trains gave way to air and highway travel, train depots became obsolete. 3. agree to smb.’s demands, etc.: I entreat you not to give way to his evil suggestions; oppose the adversary while you can. 4. abandon oneself to a feeling of sorrow, anger, etc.: She gave way to her grief in a Cen- ter Street restaurant where she stopped for breakfast and con- siderably startled the waiters… pave the way for something—prepare the way for smth. new to come; make the development of smth. easier: Park directors are looking to us to pave the way for similar organizations throughout the country. man about town • townman man about town—(dated) a man who socializes in fashion- able circles: A young man afraid of marriage may compensate by specializing in dating and courting, becoming a “man about town .” Note: The expression is not equivalent in meaning to the phrase man of the town—(arch.) one belonging to the shady or “fast” side of town life; a rake, a debauchee: Several of our men of the town … make use of the most coarse uncivilized words in our language. townman—(also: townsman) 1. an inhabitant of a town (as contrasted with a countryman): A townman would think the world slept, so great was the booming quietness. 2. a fellow- inhabitant of a town: Mr. McClung continued to enjoy the confidence and esteem of his townmen and held public posi- tions. man and boy • old and young man and boy —from boyhood onwards: I have worked here, man and boy , for several different corporations, for twenty years now. old and young—people of all ages: Then old and young came from every side with roses, the loveliest that bloomed in each garden. man in the middle • middleman man in the middle —a person between two opponents: And now, Specter is the man in the middle when it comes to the current wrangling over judicial nominees. middleman —a person who buys from the producer and sells to the merchant: If we can buy from the producer, we can save the money we pay to the middleman . man in the moon • moon man man in the moon—a vague, unidentified person; an imagi- nary person: “Then you don’t know how things are settled?” “No more than the man in the moon .” moon man—an astronaut who journeys to the moon: The moon men (or lunarnauts, as they will doubtless come to be called) must be able to park their spacecraft. man in the street • street man man in the street—the common man; just anyone selected at random: But what does the man in the street think about all this? street man —(U.S. sl.) a petty criminal (as a pickpocket, drug peddler, etc.) who operates on the streets: He is playing partner to the pusher whose street man is keeping the girl hooked. man of blood • man of blood and iron man of blood—(arch.) smb. guilty of bloodshed; a man responsible for the murder or death of any one: David was called a man of blood not because he enraged in wars which were legitimate but on account of Uriah, whose blood he crim- inally shed. Note: The expression does not correlate in meaning with the phrase man of blue blood—a man who comes of an ancient family; an aristocrat: Is he a man of blue blood ? We are wor- shipping him because of his ideas, what he stood for and what he preached. man of blood and iron—(originally of Prince Bismarck) a man who advocates the use of brute force as distinguished from diplomacy: One such victory involved Omar ibn al-Khattab, who was regarded as “a man of blood and iron ” and a bitter opponent of the new faith. man of figure • man of figures man of figure —a person of influence: He has all that can be said of any man of figure , wit, and virtue in town. man of figures —smb. versed in arithmetic or statistics: When Jane could not balance her checking account, she sought assis- tance from Steve, who was a man of figures . man of mark • marked man man of mark —a noteworthy person: This French tutor was a man of mark who had held a lectureship in Paris. – 233 – man of mark