"make up the numbers" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "makes up the numbers",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "making up the numbers",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "made up the numbers",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "made up the numbers",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "make<,,made> up the numbers",
        "head": "make up the numbers"
      },
      "expansion": "make up the numbers (third-person singular simple present makes up the numbers, present participle making up the numbers, simple past and past participle made up the numbers)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We need eleven players, but we are only nine. Can you help us make up the numbers?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To provide sufficient people to make an event worthwhile."
      ],
      "id": "en-make_up_the_numbers-en-verb-OUwqyqFp",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To provide sufficient people to make an event worthwhile."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to provide sufficient people",
          "word": "saada luku täyteen"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to provide sufficient people",
          "word": "faire de la figuration"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to provide sufficient people",
          "word": "hacer bulto"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-make up the numbers.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2b/En-au-make_up_the_numbers.ogg/En-au-make_up_the_numbers.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/En-au-make_up_the_numbers.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "make up the numbers"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "makes up the numbers",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "making up the numbers",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "made up the numbers",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "made up the numbers",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "make<,,made> up the numbers",
        "head": "make up the numbers"
      },
      "expansion": "make up the numbers (third-person singular simple present makes up the numbers, present participle making up the numbers, simple past and past participle made up the numbers)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We need eleven players, but we are only nine. Can you help us make up the numbers?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To provide sufficient people to make an event worthwhile."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To provide sufficient people to make an event worthwhile."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-make up the numbers.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2b/En-au-make_up_the_numbers.ogg/En-au-make_up_the_numbers.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/En-au-make_up_the_numbers.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to provide sufficient people",
      "word": "saada luku täyteen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to provide sufficient people",
      "word": "faire de la figuration"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to provide sufficient people",
      "word": "hacer bulto"
    }
  ],
  "word": "make up the numbers"
}