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mak

verbaction

to make or cause to be

To make or cause to be; to form or bring about (including waves building up); also used for estimating/reckoning and in many idiomatic phrases meaning things like improve, pretend, go toward/forward, arrange, or come apart.

Example in use

“A'll mak us a bit o supper.”

Pronunciation

Say it like this

/MAK/

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Origin & context

scotscurrentneutralalso: make

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