"on the make" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From make (“companion, spouse, mate”), related to match (“counterpart, partner”).",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep_phrase",
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          "ref": "1973 November 26, T. E. Kalem, “The Theatre: Savage Mating Dance”, in Time:",
          "text": "Harry (Matthew Cowles) and Tim (Timothy Meyers) are an inseparable pair of macho punks always on the make for an easy sexual score.",
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      "glosses": [
        "Actively seeking a romantic encounter or relationship."
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          "romantic"
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          "encounter",
          "encounter"
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          "relationship",
          "relationship"
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        "(informal) Actively seeking a romantic encounter or relationship."
      ],
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        "informal"
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          "ref": "1920, Upton Sinclair, chapter 1, in 100%: The Story of a Patriot:",
          "text": "In a city where everybody was \"hustling,\" everybody, as they phrased it, \"on the make,\" why should anyone take a second glance at Peter Gudge?",
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        {
          "ref": "1991, Douglas Coupland, “It Can't Last”, in Generation X, New York: St. Martin's Press, →OCLC, page 36:",
          "text": "She said that anyone under the age of thirty living in a resort community was on the make somehow: “pimping, dealing, hooking, detoxing, escaping, scamming, or what have you.”",
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      "glosses": [
        "Actively seeking an opportunity for self-advancement; eager to ingratiate oneself to others in order to secure some advantage."
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          "opportunity",
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          "self-advancement",
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        [
          "eager",
          "eager"
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          "ingratiate",
          "ingratiate"
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          "advantage",
          "advantage"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, by extension) Actively seeking an opportunity for self-advancement; eager to ingratiate oneself to others in order to secure some advantage."
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "38 62",
          "word": "put the make on"
        }
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      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "informal"
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  "word": "on the make"
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  "etymology_text": "From make (“companion, spouse, mate”), related to match (“counterpart, partner”).",
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    {
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        "English informal terms",
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        {
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          "text": "Harry (Matthew Cowles) and Tim (Timothy Meyers) are an inseparable pair of macho punks always on the make for an easy sexual score.",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Actively seeking a romantic encounter or relationship."
      ],
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        [
          "romantic",
          "romantic"
        ],
        [
          "encounter",
          "encounter"
        ],
        [
          "relationship",
          "relationship"
        ]
      ],
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        "(informal) Actively seeking a romantic encounter or relationship."
      ],
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        "informal"
      ]
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          "ref": "1991, Douglas Coupland, “It Can't Last”, in Generation X, New York: St. Martin's Press, →OCLC, page 36:",
          "text": "She said that anyone under the age of thirty living in a resort community was on the make somehow: “pimping, dealing, hooking, detoxing, escaping, scamming, or what have you.”",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Actively seeking an opportunity for self-advancement; eager to ingratiate oneself to others in order to secure some advantage."
      ],
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        [
          "opportunity",
          "opportunity"
        ],
        [
          "self-advancement",
          "self-advancement"
        ],
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          "eager",
          "eager"
        ],
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          "ingratiate",
          "ingratiate"
        ],
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          "advantage",
          "advantage"
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        "(informal, by extension) Actively seeking an opportunity for self-advancement; eager to ingratiate oneself to others in order to secure some advantage."
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        "informal"
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  "word": "on the make"
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