make+busy
31make — make1 [ meık ] (past tense and past participle made [ meıd ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 create/produce something ▸ 2 do/say something ▸ 3 cause something to happen ▸ 4 force someone to do something ▸ 5 arrange something ▸ 6 earn/get money ▸ 7 give a total ▸… …
32make — 1 verb past tense and past participle made, PRODUCE STH 1 (T) to produce something by working: I m going to make a cake for Sam s birthday. | Did you make that dress yourself? | a car made in Japan | They re making a documentary about the Civil… …
33make — I UK [meɪk] / US verb Word forms make : present tense I/you/we/they make he/she/it makes present participle making past tense made UK [meɪd] / US past participle made *** Get it right: make: When make means to cause or force someone to do… …
34make — [c]/meɪk / (say mayk) verb (made, making) –verb (t) 1. to bring into existence by shaping material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress. 2. to produce by any action or causative agency: to make trouble. 3. to cause to be or become; render: to… …
35make-work — noun An activity or task assigned or undertaken for the sake of activity or busy ness, rather than because of a particular need. The assignment was simply make work to keep them busy on a rainy day …
36busy yourself — to make yourself busy by doing a particular job or activity He busied himself with plans for the future. She busied herself putting the clothes away …
37make a meal of — verb a) To spend more time and energy on some task than it warrants; to make something overly complicated. Some people can make a meal out of the simplest task. If you give it to a busy person, they don’t have time to muck around on the edges and …
38make the scene — vp To attend an event or activity. Hey, man, I m going to be too busy to make the scene tonight. 1960s …
39make-work — noun Date: 1923 work assigned or done chiefly to keep one busy …
40make-work — N. Amer. adjective denoting an activity that serves to keep someone busy but is of little value. noun work or activity of this kind …
