How did you make him as a suspect?

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Hi teachers~Q1.I've come across this expression on a crime TV show.A detective arrives at a crime scene, and asks a police officer a police officer. "How did you make him as a suspect?"I can guess what it means, but I am wondering if this is common.I would say "What makes you think he is a suspect?"Q2. I am wondering if these 3 sentences are common. "What's your take on this?""What did you make of it?""Where do you come down on it?"They sound like business expressions, which I've never heard of.Thank you in advance~~

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pen slide 883"How did you make him as a suspect?"

That is supposed to be cop talk. It is the creation of a screenwriter. Nobody I know talks like that. That "make" is like the one where the cop says that the criminal has "made" him, that is, the criminal saw him and realized he was a detective. That "make" is not in use by the non-fictional public. I don't see it in the ordinary dictionaries. I supposed it is from "make someone out" ( https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/make-sth-sb-out ). "To spot" is standard English for the idea, I guess.

pen slide 883I would say "What makes you think he is a suspect?"

That is not the sense of it.

pen slide 883Q2. I am wondering if these 3 sentences are common.

It is better to put only one question in each post. For one thing, it becomes too much of a chore to answer a stack of questions. For another, anybody inclined to follow up will find it easier to do so.

pen slide 883"What's your take on this?"

Yes. It sounds a bit glib to me.

pen slide 883"What did you make of it?"

Common.

pen slide 883"Where do you come down on it?"

Possible, but unnecessarily slangy and imprecise. It presumes that I ever "come down on" anything, which I do not. I have an opinion or judgment.

How did you make him as a suspect?

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