make the scene

1. Put in an appearance, take part in an event, as in I'll miss most of the party, but I hope to make the scene before midnight. This expression employs scene in the sense of “a place where an action occurs.” [Slang; mid-1900s]

Example Sentences

And also, just having the emotional intelligence that she has to kind of know exactly where to dance and laugh and joke around, and then when to kind of make the scene area a little bit more sacred and quiet.

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To make the scene as historically accurate as possible, she looked at photographs and carried out extensive research.

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Musk has mused before about eliminating the site’s blocking feature, and that could make the scene under existing tweets so much messier.

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And I’m like, ‘No, no, no. I really can make the scene better.’

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Dublin Fire Brigade said firefighters continued to damp down a smouldering tram on O'Connell Street on Friday morning and make the scene safe.

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• reach 
• register 
• reveal 
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