make up

to lie about something
to forgive one another
to comprise something
compensate (for)
catch up, do at a later date after having missed
to compose, set into place

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌmeɪk ˈʌp/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English maken up, equivalent to make + up (adverb).

Alternative form of makeup.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English maken up, equivalent to make + up (adverb).

To constitute, to compose.
To constitute, to compose.
“The words "dream interpretation" […] remind one of all sorts of childish, superstitious notions, which make up the thread and woof of dream books, read by none but the ignorant and the primitive.”
“The critical component of the photosynthetic system is the water-oxidizing complex, made up of manganese atoms and a calcium atom.”
To compensate, to fill in, to catch up.
“He can make up the time next week.”
“The Argentine found Dzeko and his killer ball was timed brilliantly for the Ivorian, who made up 90 yards, to slot in.”
To compensate, to fill in, to catch up.
“What I lack in patience, I make up for in drive.”
“I plan to make up for my failed midterm.”
To invent, to imagine, to concoct
To invent, to imagine, to concoct
“He was a great storyteller and could make up a story on the spot.”
To assemble, to prepare.
To assemble, to prepare.
“I can make up a batch of stew in a few minutes, but it will take a few hours to cook.”
“Like their mentors, they sang "Why Do Fools Fall In Love" and "I'm Not A Teenage Delinquent," and even had letter sweaters made up with huge "S"'s on them.”
To assemble, to prepare.
To apply cosmetics.
To apply cosmetics.
“Let's leave as soon as I make up my face.”
“She rushed into her bedroom to make up.”
To make peace, to settle a dispute.
To make peace, to settle a dispute.
“They fight a lot, but they always manage to make up.”
“Miss Palmer and I made up, though she scolded most violently about my long absence, and attacked me about the Book without mercy.”
To arrange, to advance.
To arrange, to advance.
“They in their turns made up to her, and expressed their surprize and concern at finding her in the assembly unprovided, after she had declined their invitation […].”
“On this they made up to me, and were about to handle me; but I told them to be still and keep off […].”
To arrange, to advance.
“She thought he was making up to her—of course, at the time I believed her and I let him go, but I know now it was all nonsense.”
To build, to complete.
To build, to complete.
“Yee haue not gone vp into the gaps, neither made vp the hedge for the house of Israel.”