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Chan-Seung Lee
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 Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 8:46 pm Post subject: make it out here |
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| It's too bad that you can't make it out here for a vacation. |
1.Does 'make it out here' mean 'get out of here'?
2.If not, what does it mean?
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CP
Joined: 12 Jun 2006
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Location: California
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| Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 11:53 am Post subject: |
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It means, "It's too bad that you are not able to come out here for a vacation."
To be able to make it means to be able to do something or to get somewhere.
I wanted to go to the concert, but my car broke down and I couldn't make it.
We're having a party next Saturday. Can you make it?
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scottish_tiger
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Location: Scotland
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| Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 1:08 pm Post subject: |
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If you think of the sentence as saying:
'It is too bad that you are not able to come here for a vacation'
This may help you to get an understanding of the phrase 'make it out here'. I may be wrong but the phrase is generally used in North American English... I have certainly never heard it used here in the UK.
Hope that helps
Scottish Tiger
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