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make with

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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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“Sometimes it’s liquid & sometimes it has a jelly-like consistency, save it and freeze it and put it into the stock you make with the bones. It will give the broth a nice richness.”

From Salon • May 30, 2026

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

“All that stuff is under NDA. All that stuff is under IP,” he adds, nodding to the legal agreements contractors make with the studio.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

However, such a judgement is difficult to make with any certainty.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026

Grandma insisted on finishing the soup and side dishes she was going to make with the bean sprouts, and then changed her clothes and did her hair and makeup.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh

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