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make heads or tails 

To not be able to choose from two things
I can't make heads or tails from this white candy or this yellow candy.
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make it stop 

What everyone (including me) thinks about YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I MEAN.
Friend: ඞඞඞඞඞඞඞඞ (shows amogus pics)
Me: EWW MAKE IT STOP MAKE IT STOP MAKE IT STOP MAKE IT STOP MAKE IT STOP MAKE IT STOP MAKE IT STOP MAKE IT STOP MAKE IT STOP MAKE IT STOP MAKE IT STOP MAKE IT STOP MAKE IT STOP MAKE IT STOP MAKE IT STOP

make love 

Originally meaning to date or court somebody with serious intent. Eventually its meaning expanded to include the actions that couples would partake in while dating in this manner. If you are making love to somebody, it means you truly love them and want to spend the rest of your life with them. Making love can be a small action, it can be giving your coat to your partner on a cold night, or giving them a sincere compliment when they’re feeling down. It can be hugging them from behind in the morning while they make coffee, or even something as innocuous as holding hands in a movie. In the 1950s, it might be common for a young teen to tell her friends about her date and say something along the lines of:

“We made love in the theatre last night!”

This would be understood to mean anything from hand holding to kissing to affectionate words.

The modern definition of making love (to have sexual intercourse) is a slang usage of the phrase that was likely popularized in the 1960s by the slogan “make love, not war”. However some vestiges of the original meaning still remain. People usually will not say they made love with somebody unless they felt a deeper connection with them, as there are a bevy of other terms which are used for casual encounters. In this way, making love still implies courtly romance, as was its original intent, and it is often reserved for serious relationships. Yet it can apply to all the scenarios outlined above as well. All are valid examples of making love.
Every time we make love, I know that I’m the luckiest guy in the world to have her.
make love by Alex-2598 November 23, 2020

make like a tree and fuck off 

a term used by Ricky, a character from the popular TV show, Trailer Park Boys. A twist on the saying "make like a tree and leave". Ricky does this with many other phrases, such as "peach and cake (piece of cake)" or "denial and error (trial and error)".
Julian: Get the fuck out of here Randy.

Ricky: Yea - make like a tree and fuck off.

make groceries 

to go grocery shopping; to purchase groceries; originated in new orleans
We going to make groceries today.

make a stand 

to make an effort to defend something or to stop something from happening
what's this all of a sudden? you're gonna rise up and make a stand now?

when shit gets fucked up, you know it's time to make a stand and change things
make a stand by biancavittoria February 10, 2014