What does the phrasal verb 'make for' mean? Is it an idiom?

[Bhaskari]

Test No. incompl/inter-5 "do/make/get/take", question 3

At the moment we are trying to ......... for the town centre.

(a) do
(b) get
(c) make
(d) take

Test No. incompl/inter-5 "do/make/get/take", answer 3

At the moment we are trying to make for the town centre.

Correct answer: (c) make

Your answer was: incorrect
At the moment we are trying to do for the town centre.
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At the moment we are trying to do for the town centre, why it is wrong to use do?

[Alan]

This is an idiom that means go in the direction of. Do for in this sentence I'm afraid doesn't make sense.
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[Torsten]

Hi,

You can also take a look at this post:
http://www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic1196.html

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