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make a show of something

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  • make a case for something — make a case for (something) to explain why something should be done. Everything seems to be going pretty well, and she has yet to make a case for change. Usage notes: also used in the form make a case that to explain that something is true: It is …   New idioms dictionary

  • make no secret of something — phrase to make no attempt to hide your feelings about something He’s made no secret of the fact that he’d like to manage the club. Thesaurus: to show or express emotionssynonym Main entry: secret * * * make something perfectly clear …   Useful english dictionary

  • make a face at something — make a face (at (someone/something)) to change the expression on your face to show dislike or get attention. She made a face like she d eaten a lemon. The child was making faces, and I wanted to laugh …   New idioms dictionary

  • show someone/something up — 1 the sun showed up the shabbiness of the room: EXPOSE, reveal, make visible, make obvious, highlight. 2 (informal) they showed him up in front of his friends.: See humiliate. → show * * * make someone or something conspicuous or clearly visible …   Useful english dictionary

  • have (something) to show for (something) — to be the result of your effort. She tried her best to make the business work, but now all she had to show for her effort was a huge debt …   New idioms dictionary

  • show — show1 [ ʃou ] (past tense showed; past participle shown [ ʃoun ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 prove something is true ▸ 2 give information ▸ 3 behave in particular way ▸ 4 let someone see something ▸ 5 give instructions, etc. ▸ 6 lead someone somewhere ▸ 7 be… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • show */*/*/ — I UK [ʃəʊ] / US [ʃoʊ] verb Word forms show : present tense I/you/we/they show he/she/it shows present participle showing past tense showed past participle shown UK [ʃəʊn] / US [ʃoʊn] 1) [transitive] to prove that something exists or is true The… …   English dictionary

  • show — [shō] vt. showed, shown or showed, showing [ME schewen < OE sceawian, akin to Ger schauen, to look at < IE base * (s)keu , to notice, heed > L cavere, to beware, OE hieran, to HEAR] 1. to bring or put in sight or view; cause or allow to… …   English World dictionary

  • Something Wicked This Way Comes (novel) — Something Wicked This Way Comes   …   Wikipedia

  • be make or break for something — be make or break for (someone/something) make or break (something) to make something a success or a failure. The Milan show will be make or break for his new designs …   New idioms dictionary

  • make a case for — (something) to explain why something should be done. Everything seems to be going pretty well, and she has yet to make a case for change. Usage notes: also used in the form make a case that to explain that something is true: It is easy to make a… …   New idioms dictionary

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