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Verb
make of (third-person singular simple present makes of, present participle making of, simple past and past participle made of)
- (transitive) To form an opinion about (someone or something); to appraise (a person, idea or situation).
What do you make of the new guy?
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see make, of.
1887, “Carrot Soup”, in Estelle W Wilcox, compiler, The Buckeye Cook Book. , subscription edition, Minneapolis, Minn.: Buckeye Publishing Co. , →OCLC, “Soups” section, page 831:To make of carrots alone, put in about two pounds sliced carrots in stewpan with three tablespoons butter and place where they will stew gently an hour without browning.
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