Phrasal Verb: Make Up

to invent or reconcile

Examples

• They made up after the fight.

Key rules

• Make up means invent a story, or become friends again after an argument
• It is separable: make up a story or make a story up
• With a pronoun, the pronoun goes in the middle: make it up
• "Make up with" means reconcile with someone

Common mistakes

• They made up with after the fight → They made up after the fight