hermachen

== German == === Etymology === her +‎ machen === Verb === hermachen (weak, third-person singular present macht her, past tense machte her, past participle hergemacht, auxiliary haben) (colloquial) to make a (specified) impression [with viel ‘good’ or wenig ‘so-so’ or nichts ‘bad’] (reflexive, figurative) to get busy with, to tackle, to deal with, to pounce on [with über (+ accusative) ‘an activity, etc.’] (reflexive) to attack, to lay into [with über (+ accusative) ‘someone’] ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “hermachen” in Duden online “hermachen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache