She made to the door.

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1. she made to the door.Q) What does it mean? / I don't know how the verb "make(made)" is used.

Canadian45 · Accepted Answer

moon72961.
She made to the door.

Q) What does it mean? It doesn't mean anything.
Are you sure you didn't miss something?

Anonymous · Answer

It should be "She made it to the door." This is usually used when there is desperate situation, for example:

He seemed nice but as soon as they got to his apt. he was all over her. He was much stronger than her but she broke free and made it to the door.

She was now sure that a drug had been slipped into her drink at the bar. She could barely see and walk straight but with a monumental effort she made it to the door of her apt.

Moon7296 · Answer

Oh.. it's really ridiculous that it does not make sense!.
I got the example, "She made to the door", from my book.(A Korean grammar book.) [Should I blame on my book? Is it error?]
That is the one of the examples in the part of transitive, intranstive verbs and verbs that are confusing.
Other examples are like these:
1. She made to the door.(intransitive)
1.1. Her song always makes me sad.(transitive)
2. I lay awake all night.
2.1. You should lay your knife on the tabe.
3. You must look up to your parents.

Q) So, still #1 does not make sense?

Anonymous · Answer

"She made to the door." is okay in the sense of "She went to the door."  You'd rarely hear this today, however.  This is old-fashioned (military or maritime) usage that you would more likely see in 19th century literature.

Mister Micawber · Answer

"She made to the door." is okay in the sense of "She went to the door." -- I don't think so: that idiom is 'made for', 'She made for the door.'

Anonymous · Answer

Here are some more comments on this:

The construction "make for the..." is used today, as in:

"The crowd made her uncomfortable and she got up and made for the door (started towards the door)."

"I've been running around all day trying to get all the papers in order. I'm exhausted and as soon as I get this last one done I'm making for home (starting towards home)."

However, the construction "make to the ..." is not used today, at least not in the US. This is archaic usage of the 19th century. It would have been used, for example, like in the following:

"The captain made it clear to her that he didn't like a woman on board ship. Stung by the captain's words, she made to the door (went to the door) in a huff."

Canadian45 · Answer

AnonymousHere are some more comments on this:The construction "make for the..." is used today, as in: "The crowd made her uncomfortable and she got up and made for the door (started towards the door)."

"I've been running around all day trying to get all the papers in order. I'm exhausted and as soon as I get this last one done I'm making for home I don't remember hearing that said. 'I'm heading (for) home.' is often said.

"However, the construction "make to the ..." is not used today, at least not in the US. This is archaic usage of the 19th century. It would have been used, for example, like in the following:"The captain made it clear to her that he didn't like a woman on board ship. Stung by the captain's words, she made for the door (went to the door) in a huff."

MalRey · Answer

moon72961. She made to the door.(intransitive) Q) So, still #1 does not make sense?

It doesn't even come close to making sense. You can say "She made it to the door." or "She made for the door." that's about it for this kind of construction.

moon7296Should I blame my book? Is it in error?]

Your book is in error.

She made to the door.

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