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make it up to sb
Definition
to do something good for someone you have upset, in order to become friends with them again
I'm sorry we can't take you with us, but I promise I'll make it up to you somehow.
(Definition of make it up to sb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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