make a day/night/evening/weekend of it
Definition
› to make an activity longer or combine a series of activities so that they last for the whole of that particular period of time: Let's make an evening of it and catch the last train home. We don't get out often so we thought we'd make a day of it.Celebrating and entertaining
(Definition of make a day/night/evening/weekend of it from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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make (sb/sth) up phrasal verb
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make a big thing (out) of sth idiom
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make a bundle idiom
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make a case for sth idiom
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make a clean breast of it idiom
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make a hole in sth idiom
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make a joke of sth idiom
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make a killing idiom
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make a man (out) of sb idiom
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make a meal (out) of sth idiom
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Synonyms and related words:
- a good time was had by all idiom
- amuse verb
- amused adjective
- bacchanalian adjective
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- compere verb
- divert verb (TAKE ATTENTION AWAY)
- entertain verb (AMUSE)
- entertain verb (INVITE)
- entertaining noun
- go to town idiom
- hostess noun
- propose verb (SUGGEST)
- put the flags out! idiom
- regale sb with sth phrasal verb
- rejoice verb
- rejoicing noun
- revel verb
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