"make it up to" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-make it up to.ogg 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 formed with "to", English phrasal verbs formed with "up", English terms with placeholder "it", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "to": 12 88 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 12 88 Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 37 63 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 14 86

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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