Make up:
— Vamp up an excuse for not attending the meeting.
synonym: vamp.
Roget 658:
improve;
be better,
become better,
get better;
mend,
amend.
advance
etc.
(progress)
282;
ascend
etc.
305;
increase
etc.
35;
fructify,
ripen,
mature;
pick up,
come about,
rally,
take a favorable turn;
turn over a new leaf,
turn the corner;
raise one's head,
sow one's wild oats;
recover
etc.
660.
be better
etc.
adj.,
be improved by;
turn to right account,
turn to good account,
turn to best account;
profit by,
reap the benefit of;
make good use of,
make capital out of;
place to good account.
render better,
improve,
mend,
amend,
better;
ameliorate,
meliorate;
correct;
decrassify†.
improve upon,
refine upon;
rectify;
enrich,
mellow,
elaborate,
fatten.
promote,
cultivate,
advance,
forward,
enhance;
bring forward,
bring on;
foster
etc.
707;
invigorate
etc.
(strengthen)
159.
touch up,
rub up,
brush up,
furbish up,
bolster up,
vamp up,
brighten up,
warm up;
polish,
cook,
make the most of,
set off to advantage;
prune;
repair
etc.
(restore)
660;
put in order
etc.
(arrange)
60.
review,
revise;
make corrections,
make improvements
etc.
n.;
doctor
etc.
(remedy)
662;
purify,
etc.
652.
relieve,
refresh,
infuse new blood into,
recruit.
reform,
remodel,
reorganize;
new model.
view in a new light,
think better of,
appeal from Philip drunk to Philip sober.
palliate,
mitigate;
lessen an evil
etc.
36.
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Roget 660:
return to the original state;
recover,
rally,
revive;
come come to,
come round,
come to oneself;
pull through,
weather the storm,
be oneself again;
get well,
get round,
get the better of,
get over,
get about;
rise from one's ashes,
rise from the grave;
survive
etc.
(outlive)
110;
resume,
reappear;
come to,
come to life again;
live again,
rise again.
heal,
skin over,
cicatrize;
right itself.
restore,
put back,
place in statu quo [Lat.];
reinstate,
replace,
reseat,
rehabilitate,
reestablish,
reestate†,
reinstall.
reconstruct,
rebuild,
reorganize,
reconstitute;
reconvert;
renew,
renovate;
regenerate;
rejuvenate.
redeem,
reclaim,
recover,
retrieve;
rescue
etc.
(deliver)
672.
redress,
recure†;
cure,
heal,
remedy,
doctor,
physic,
medicate;
break of;
bring round,
set on one's legs.
resuscitate,
revive,
reanimate,
revivify,
recall to life;
reproduce
etc.
163;
warm up;
reinvigorate,
refresh
etc.
689.
make whole,
redintegrate†;
recoup
etc.
790;
make good,
make all square;
rectify,
correct;
put right,
put to rights,
set right,
set to rights,
set straight;
set up;
put in order
etc.
(arrange)
60;
refit,
recruit;
fill up,
fill up the ranks;
reinforce.
repair;
put in repair,
remanufacture,
put in thorough repair,
put in complete repair;
retouch,
refashion,
botch†,
vamp,
tinker,
cobble;
do up,
patch up,
touch up,
plaster up,
vamp up;
darn,
finedraw†,
heelpiece†;
stop a gap,
stanch,
staunch,
caulk,
calk,
careen,
splice,
bind up wounds.
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Roget 673:
prepare;
get ready,
make ready;
make preparations,
settle preliminaries,
get up,
sound the note of preparation.
set in order,
put in order
etc.
(arrange)
60;
forecast
etc.
(plan)
626;
prepare the ground,
plow the ground,
dress the ground;
till the soil,
cultivate the soil;
predispose,
sow the seed,
lay a train,
dig a mine;
lay the groundwork,
fix the groundwork,
lay the basis,
fix the basis,
lay the foundations,
fix the foundations;
dig the foundations,
erect the scaffolding;
lay the first stone
etc.
(begin)
66.
roughhew;
cut out work;
block out,
hammer out;
lick into shape
etc.
(form)
240.
elaborate,
mature,
ripen,
mellow,
season,
bring to maturity;
nurture
etc.
(aid)
707;
hatch,
cook,
brew;
temper,
anneal,
smelt;
barbecue;
infumate†;
maturate.
equip,
arm,
man;
fit-out,
fit up;
furnish,
rig,
dress,
garnish,
betrim†,
accouter,
array,
fettle,
fledge;
dress up,
furbish up,
brush up,
vamp up;
refurbish;
sharpen one's tools,
trim one's foils,
set,
prime,
attune;
whet the knife,
whet the sword;
wind up,
screw up;
adjust
etc.
(fit)
27;
put in trim,
put in train,
put in gear,
put in working order,
put in tune,
put in a groove for,
put in harness;
pack.
train
etc.
(teach)
537;
inure
etc.
(habituate)
613;
breed;
prepare for
&c.;
rehearse;
make provision for;
take steps,
take measures,
take precautions;
provide,
provide against;
beat up for recruits;
open the door to
etc.
(facilitate)
705.
set one's house in order,
make all snug;
clear the decks,
clear for action;
close one's ranks;
shuffle the cards.
prepare oneself;
serve an apprenticeship
etc.
(learn)
539;
lay oneself out for,
get into harness,
gird up one's loins,
buckle on one's armor,
reculer pour mieux sauter [Fr.],
prime and load,
shoulder arms,
get the steam up,
put the horses to.
guard against,
make sure against;
forearm,
make sure,
prepare for the evil day,
have a rod in pickle,
provide against a rainy day,
feather one's nest;
lay in provisions
etc.
637;
make investments;
keep on foot.
be prepared,
be ready
etc.
adj.;
hold oneself in readiness,
keep one's powder dry;
lie in wait for
etc.
(expect)
507;
anticipate
etc.
(foresee)
510;
principiis obstare [Lat.];
veniente occurrere morbo [Lat.].
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