make time

present singular third person makes time · participle present making time · participle past made time · past made time

1. intransitiveTo reserve a period of time to do something.

   Let's make time next week to meet again.

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   "I've done ten dozen this week," she said proudly to Mrs. Morel. "T-t-t!" went the other. "I don't know how you can find time." "Eh!" said Mrs. Anthony. "You can find time if you make time."

   1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 2, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC

   Synonyms: find time

2. colloquialidiomaticTo recover lost time, as by travelling faster than usual.

   We can really make time if we take the freeway.

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   We made good time on the flight back because we had a tailwind.

3. colloquialdatedidiomaticTo spend time with a person in or in pursuit of a romantic relationship.

   He was always trying to make time with Nancy, but she just wasn't interested.