were donated in October
Copyright © 2024 Farlex, Inc.
| Privacy policy
| Feedback | Dictionary Home
Disclaimer: All content on this website is for informational purposes only. It was submitted by the users and has not been checked for accuracy. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
on the make
Definition
1. Cruising; actively seeking sexual partners; looking for sex or a sexual relationship; offering sexual pleasure.SEE ALSO: on the snake.
QUOTE: Bob Weston (Tony Curtis) to psychologist Helen Gurley Brown (Natalie Wood) in Sex and the Single Girl (1964): ' She'd hit the ceiling if she thought you and me were sitting here alone. You know what she'd figure? She'd figure a broad as pretty as you as got to be on the make.'
2. In Australia since 1925 and Britain since 1943, to be engaged in winning someone's affection.
3. Intent on profit; aspiring; ambitious; trying to succeed financially or socially.
Link to this page:
Add or improve a definition
on the bones
on the bonk
on the bottle
on the business
on the clock
on the cusp of...
on the fence
on the game
on the grind
on the hill
on the hip
on the honk
On the house
on the jamrag
on the job
on the loose
on the never-never
on the nose
on the pavement
on the plug
on the prod
on the prowl
on the rag
on the razzle
on the road
on the rocks
on the saddle
on the shallows
on the side
on the snake
on the stand
on the bonk
on the bottle
on the business
on the clock
on the cusp of...
on the fence
on the game
on the grind
on the hill
on the hip
on the honk
On the house
on the jamrag
on the job
on the loose
on the make
on the neston the never-never
on the nose
on the pavement
on the plug
on the prod
on the prowl
on the rag
on the razzle
on the road
on the rocks
on the saddle
on the shallows
on the side
on the snake
on the stand