make for | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Toset outto go (somewhere); tomovetowards.Synonym:headforc.1593(date written),William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third:[…]”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…](First Folio), London:[…]Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward]Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act IV, scene iv]:Hemakes forEngland, there to claim the crown.1888,J[ames] M[atthew] Barrie, “The Schoolhouse”, inAuld Licht Idylls, London:Hodder and Stoughton,[…],→OCLC,page 6:[H]e disappeared into his house much as a startled weaselmakes forits hole.; (idiomatic)Totendtoproduceorresultin.1914,William MacLeod Raine, chapter 11, inThe Pirate of Panama:It was such a day as one dreams about, with that pleasant warmth in the air thatmakes forindolent content.2019October 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 clipmakes fora delightful watch.; (idiomatic)To identify; to connect.I don't agree, but theymakehimfora criminal.; (idiomatic,rare)Toconfirm,favour,strengthen(anopinion,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 thatmake forthe Copernican Hypothesis, as if it were to prove absolutely victorious;[…]1868December 1, T.W. Wonfor, “Rare Visitors at Brighton”, in M.C. Cooke, editor,Hardwicke's Science-Gossip, Robert Hardwicke, published1869,page278:Several very curious varieties of Blues have been taken, which appear tomake forDarwin’s theory.1912, Simon FitzSimons, “Criticisms in Kant”, inThe American Catholic Quarterly Review, volume37,page148:That they are “conditions of thought” does notmake forKant’s theory of the categories one iota more than itmakes forthe theory of Aristotle orforthe theory of Locke.; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seemake,‎for.Imadethis pictureformy Dad.

Examples:

EN: Dr. Hart must make for the main dressing station which is located in a church.
ES: Dr. Hart debe armar la estación de preparación principal qué se localiza en una iglesia.
EN: But to guard timid heart I behaved haughtily, arrogant and gruffly, I talked about the sacrifice I would make for her more evil than self-mutilation and death...
ES: Mas, por ocultar mi corazn medroso, me las di de orgulloso, aspero y arrogante, le hable del sacrificio que le ofrecia, pero que la mutilacin o la muerte...
EN: Children, if we stuck together and had the right threads - we'd make for setting up a splendid business!
ES: "¡Chicos, si nos juntamos y tuviéramos ropa adecuada... ¡podríamos montar un gran negocio!"
EN: But, you must make for me a good impression upon her.
ES: Pero tienes que causarle buena impresión, por mí.
EN: But now, look here, there are one or two suggestions I've got to make for my part. I know you won't mind.
ES: Tengo unas sugerencias para mi papel que sé que no te molestarán.
EN: I heard, after her husband gave her the gate .. She went on the make for every man in the place.
ES: Escuché que cuando su esposo la dejó... iba por ahí camelando a todo hombre que se le cruzaba.
EN: Oh, what a swell wife you're gonna make for me.
ES: Da un aire más femenino.
EN: You head for the corral on foot. Get a horse and make for the abandoned mine.
ES: Vete a pie hasta el establo, coge un caballo y ve a la mina abandonada.
EN: - It doesn't make for discipline.
ES: - No ayuda a mantener la disciplina.
EN: Yes, this will again make for such a stretch of wall.
ES: Sí, esto me dará para un buen trozo de muro.
EN: They'd make for a wonderful banister, or something.
ES: Serían una maravillosa barandilla para la escalera, o algo...
EN: - And where do you make for?
ES: - ¿Adónde van a ir?
EN: Oh, I've an important phone call I must make for Mr. Andrews.
ES: Tengo que hacer una llamada importante para el Sr. Andrews.
EN: Get that lifejacket and make for the bridge.
ES: Coge una y ve hacia el puente.
EN: For such a gap at your fireside tonight I wouldn't make for the wealth of the Indies.
ES: No querría causar un vacío esta noche ni por todo el oro de las Indias.

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