made for each other

Idioms  

1. Also, made for one another. Perfectly suited, as in Pat and Peter were just made for each other, or, as Samuel Richardson put it in Clarissa (1751): “Her features are all harmony, and made for one another.” The use of made for in the sense of “fitted for” dates from the late 1100s.

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Example Sentences

"We saw that Penn Engineering's propulsion system and our tiny electronic computers were just made for each other," says Blaauw.

From Science Daily • Jan. 6, 2026

I, too, can be persuaded by the intoxicating ways in which chocolate and olive oil somehow seem made for each other.

From Salon • Dec. 1, 2022

Canelo Álvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin are made for each other and this won’t be the destruction by Canelo that some have anticipated.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2022

They seem made for each other and it was a mega moment on Tuesday.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2021

“Yes, well, your father and I were made for each other, what was the point in waiting?” said Mrs. Weasley.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling