to make something of something

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• Make Something!! — is an international series of creative workshops for teens founded by Aaron Rose.[1] Since its inception in 2008, over 2,000 high school students have taken part in Make Something!! workshops held in New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco,… …   Wikipedia

• make (something) worth (your) while — if you tell someone that you will make it worth their while if they do something, you mean you will pay them to do something, especially something bad or illegal. If you can get us his personal files, we ll make it worth your while …   New idioms dictionary

• make something count — phrase to make something have as useful and positive an effect as possible You only get one chance, so you have to make it count. Thesaurus: to make something possiblesynonym Main entry: count …   Useful english dictionary

• make something of yourself — make something of (yourself) to achieve success. I want to make something of myself so that my family will be proud of me. She worked hard in school, hoping she could make something of her life …   New idioms dictionary

• make something of — (yourself) to achieve success. I want to make something of myself so that my family will be proud of me. She worked hard in school, hoping she could make something of her life …   New idioms dictionary

• make something plain — make something plain/make yourself plain/ phrase to say something so that it is obvious what you mean Thomas made plain his concerns about the changes introduced at work. Thesaurus: to make something easier to understandsynonym Main entry: plain …   Useful english dictionary

• make something of yourself — informal phrase to become successful through your own efforts I wanted to prove to my family that I could make something of myself. Thesaurus: to be, or to become successfulsynonym Main entry: something …   Useful english dictionary

• make something stick — make (something) stick to cause something to be accepted or agreed to. Investigators didn t have the evidence to make the charges stick. Workers got a good agreement and made it stick by threatening another costly strike …   New idioms dictionary

• make something fast — phrase to fix something somewhere so that it cannot move She slipped the rope round a post and made it fast. Thesaurus: to fasten or join one thing to anothersynonym Main entry: fast …   Useful english dictionary

• make something stick — informal phrase to get enough evidence to prove that someone is guilty of a crime The police will never make those charges stick. Thesaurus: arresting, interviewing and charging suspectshyponym Main entry: stick …   Useful english dictionary

• make something seem like a picnic — make (something) seem like a picnic if a difficult experience makes another experience seem like a picnic, it makes it seem very easy because it is much more difficult. University makes school seem like a picnic …   New idioms dictionary