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make with

British  

verb

  1. slang (intr, preposition) to proceed with the doing, showing, etc, of

    make with the music

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

make with Idioms  
  1. Use, concern oneself with, as in Why are you making with that strange outfit? or Let's go—make with the feet! This expression is a translation of the Yiddish mach mit. [Slang; first half of 1900s]


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But that’s actually not the biggest mistake you can make with AI at work, according to Aneesh Raman, chief economic-opportunity officer at LinkedIn.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 11, 2026

“These are all choices we get to make with generative ghosts as well, and they’ll have different impacts on how people experience and interact with them,” Brubaker said.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025

Reports suggest Wardley could face former IBF champion Daniel Dubois in the first half of 2026 - a straightforward fight to make, with both men promoted by Queensberry's Frank Warren.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2025

We should maybe be less rigid about the right way to live, more accepting of the compromises people make with their circumstances.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

Then he took the knife and cut the smallest possible window he could see through, no larger than the circle he could make with thumb and forefinger.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman