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Sunny123 Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

I can't make it today

Hello everyone. In the following conversation. What does the word"make" mean?

A: Come to my house this afternoon.
B:Oh, I can’t MAKE it today. How about Thursday afternoon.
A: That’s fine.


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Hi, "Make it" is the short form of the phrase "make it happen". So in your example, it means, "I can't come to your house" Hamid

— Hrsanei

  • Hi, "Make it" is the short form of the phrase "make it happen".
  • So in your example, it means, "I can't come to your house" Hamid
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Hi,
"Make it" is the short form of the phrase "make it happen". So in your example, it means, "I can't come to your house"
Hamid
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sunny123What does the word"make" mean?
Actually, the idiom includes "it". "make it" ~ do successfully (whatever the context suggests), often involving an arrival. The negative ("not make it") indicates failure, and it can also mean death.

The proposal already passed the Senate 36-13 and must make it through the House.
(must successfully p
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I cant make it today = I can not do successfully today.
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I cant make it today = I can not do it successfully today.
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sunny123I cant make it today = I can not do successfully today.orI cant make it today = I can not do it successfully today.?
You're interpreting the definition too literally.

I can't make it today ~ I can't be there today. (I will have no success in arriving at your house at that time. There is a conflict with something else I have to do.)
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