make sense

verb

1. To be sensible, coherent, reasonable.

   “The thing doesn’t make sense to me.”

   “Somehow the combination didn’t make sense, but Cranston took it at face value, whatever that was worth.”

2. To decipher or understand.

   “Can you make sense of her handwriting?”

3. Used to express interest or desire in something; to be pleasing or beneficial; to work, be operative, or be advantageous to.

   “Maybe we should take a break. I mean, our relationship just isn't making much sense anymore.”

4. To be in the realm of the ordinary, to be not particularly developed.

   “If you want to grow spinal erectors that don’t make sense, you have to do a lot of bent-over compound lifts.”