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What does this phrasal verb mean "to make for"? Is it an idiom?



 
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What does this phrasal verb mean "to make for"? Is it an idiom? Wed Nov 17, 2004 7:47 am  What does this phrasal verb mean "to make for"? Is it an idiom?
 

Test No. incompl/elem-20 "Where am I?", question 6

Now, where are you ......... for?

(a) doing
(b) going
(c) driving
(d) making

Test No. incompl/elem-20 "Where am I?", answer 6

Now, where are you making for?

Correct answer: (d) making

Your answer was: incorrect
Now, where are you driving for?
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Make for Wed Nov 17, 2004 8:52 am  Make for
 

Because when you are making for a destination you are going there. To make for is a phrasal verb and means to move towards to.
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