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on the make

Meaning

(informal) Actively seeking a romantic encounter or relationship.

(informal, by extension) Actively seeking an opportunity for self-advancement; eager to ingratiate oneself to others in order to secure some advantage.

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There are few more impressive sights in the world than a Scotsman on the make. J. M. Barrie

Depending on the make, the star symbol can be shown with straight spokes connected to the outside circle, in a style rather indicative of a wheel. Source: Internet

Gladiators became big business for trainers and owners, for politicians on the make and those who had reached the top. Source: Internet

I asked him once if I could use his name in a pitch I wrote as a young freelancer on the make, and he said by all means: “May you flourish!” Source: Internet

VILLAGE VANGUARD, 178 Seventh Ave. S., at 11th St (255-4037)-The late Max Gordon, who opened this holiest of jazz shrines in 1935, once described the club's early patrons as a mix of "poets, W.P.A. writers, hustlers, broads on the make, and moochers." Source: Internet

They are easily produced on the euphonium as compared to other brass instruments, and the extent of the range depends on the make of the instrument in exactly the same way as just described. Source: Internet

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