make it up to sb

— Phrasal Verb with make

/meɪk/ verb [T] (past tense and past participle made)

Definition

› to do something good for someone because you have done something bad to them in the past: I'm sorry I missed your birthday. I'll make it up to you, I promise.

(Definition of make it up to sb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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