make it up to

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Verb

make it up to (third-person singular simple present makes it up to, present participle making it up to, simple past and past participle made it up to)

1. (idiomatic, transitive) To pay back; to return someone a previous good deed.

   After John gave her a lovely wooly hat for her birthday, she wanted to make it up to him so she took him out for dinner.

   You've been so kind to me, how can I make it up to you?

2. (idiomatic, transitive) to redeem oneself

Translations

return someone a previous good deed

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• Finnish: korvata (fi)
• Italian: ricambiare (it)
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• Spanish: recompensar (es)

to redeem onself