make arrangements for

Idioms  

1. Plan or prepare for someone or something, as in Who is making all the arrangements for our sales meeting? This expression employs arrangements in the sense of “measures or preparations for a particular purpose,” a usage dating from the late 1700s.

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Example Sentences

Some parents interviewed by The Times on Wednesday were not aware a strike was looming and that they’d have to make arrangements for child care.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

"Will he make arrangements for the Ministry of Justice to meet representatives of the hunger strikers to discuss these breaches of the conditions that they're experiencing at the present time?"

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2025

For some, the first hurdle is the most agonizing: waiting for the two funeral homes to get up and running so they can make arrangements for relatives who were killed.

From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2023

If there isn’t, you can then reaffirm you would like to do this and offer to make arrangements for the dog to receive his treatment and pay the vet directly.

From Slate • Nov. 2, 2022

She'd seen the mother on TV, being ushered out of the city mortuary where she'd gone to make arrangements for the burial of her son.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon