make for

verb

1. to head towards, esp in haste

2. to prepare to attack

3. to help to bring about

   your cooperation will make for the success of our project

Idioms and Phrases

Have or cause to have a particular effect; also, help promote or further. For example, That letter of yours will make for hard feelings in the family , or This system makes for better communication . [Early 1500s]

Go toward, as in They turned around and made for home . This usage originated in the late 1500s, but was not widely used until the 1800s. Also see made for .

Example Sentences

But according to AP, the agency will stop some grant making for local schools as well as civil rights investigations.

From Los Angeles Times

“That makes for a different game that favors us.”

From Los Angeles Times

“And they get to be 100% every time they come out. So it just makes for a different game that favors us.”

From Los Angeles Times

So it just makes for a different game that favors us.”

From Los Angeles Times

The terrain made for arduous access to their property and their contractor told them building costs would soar unless they convinced their neighbors to let them truck materials through their then-empty lots.

From Los Angeles Times

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