make for

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === make for (third-person singular simple present makes for, present participle making for, simple past and past participle made for) (idiomatic) To set out to go (somewhere); to move towards. Synonym: head for (idiomatic) To tend to produce or result in. 2019 October 9, "Tiny cub gives lion a huge fright", Hindustan Times: A tiny cub is learning the art of stalking a little too well it seems. A video posted on social media shows the cub surprising its mamma and giving her a huge fright. The short clip makes for a delightful watch. (idiomatic) To identify; to connect. (idiomatic, rare) To confirm, favour, strengthen (an opinion, theory, etc.). 1830, E.S. Carlos (translator), Galileo Galilei (author), “The Siderial[sic] Messenger”, reprinted in Louise Fargo Brown and George Barr Carson, Men and Centuries of European Civilization, Ayer Publishing (1971), →ISBN, page 427: Secondly, we will examine the Cœlestiall Phœnomena that make for the Copernican Hypothesis, as if it were to prove absolutely victorious; […] Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see make,‎ for. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === formake