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make much of

Idioms

Treat or consider as very important; also, pay someone a lot of favorable attention. For example, Bill made much of the fact that he'd been to Europe three times, or Whenever Alice came home for a visit they made much of her. [c. 1300]

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make much of

Development and wildfires have destroyed swaths of the plants’ habitat, while climate change is threatening to make much of what remains inhospitable.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

But those assurances didn’t seem to make much of an impression either.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

Authorities have ordered public and private offices in Tehran to close from Saturday through Monday, while traffic restrictions will make much of the city centre inaccessible to private vehicles.

From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026

Surging gold prices and intermittently high volumes have significantly increased the country’s import bill, but tariffs aren’t going to make much of a difference.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

She took it without protest, did not even make much of a face about it.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

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make much of

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