make
/meɪk/ v [L] (past tense and past participle made /meɪd/) (BE OR BECOME)Definition
› to be or become something, esp. by having the necessary characteristics: I don’t think he will ever make a good lawyer. Hector and Wanda make a delightful couple. He worked really hard, but he didn’t make the team (= was not chosen to be a member of it).
(Definition of make v (BE OR BECOME) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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