"make it up to" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-make it up to.ogg [Australia] Forms: makes it up to [present, singular, third-person], making it up to [participle, present], made it up to [participle, past], made it up to [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|make<,,made> it up to}} make it up to (third-person singular simple present makes it up to, present participle making it up to, simple past and past participle made it up to)
  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To pay back; to return someone a previous good deed. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Translations (return someone a previous good deed): korvata (Finnish), ricambiare (Italian), recompensar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-make_it_up_to-en-verb-XXKjQa2e Disambiguation of 'return someone a previous good deed': 96 4
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) to redeem oneself Tags: idiomatic, transitive
    Sense id: en-make_it_up_to-en-verb-d5d8mX5I Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (to), English phrasal verbs with particle (up), English terms with placeholder "it" Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (to): 16 84 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 16 84 Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 20 80

Inflected forms

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