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(idiomatic, transitive) To pay back; to return someone a previous good deed. / (idiomatic, transitive) to redeem oneself

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make it up to

Source Word

make it up to

Verb

idiomatic transitive

(idiomatic, transitive) To pay back; to return someone a previous good deed. / (idiomatic, transitive) to redeem oneself

Japanese Meaning

（人に対して）借りや恩を返す・埋め合わせることをする / 自分の過失や失敗を挽回する、立て直す

I'll make it up to you by taking you out to dinner next week.

来週ディナーに連れて行って埋め合わせをするよ。

Sense（1）

(idiomatic, transitive) To pay back; to return someone a previous good deed.

After John gave her a lovely wooly hat for her birthday, she wanted to make it up to him so she took him out for dinner.

Sense（2）

(idiomatic, transitive) to redeem oneself

makes it up to

（ present singular third-person ）

making it up to

（ participle present ）

made it up to

（ participle past ）

made it up to

（ past ）