make up the numbers
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Verb[edit]
make up the numbers (third-person singular simple present makes up the numbers, present participle making up the numbers, simple past and past participle made up the numbers)
- (idiomatic) To provide sufficient people to make an event worthwhile.
- We need eleven players, but we are only nine. Can you help us make up the numbers?
Translations[edit]
to provide sufficient people
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