Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

make me

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.93 in modern English

Syllables: make me
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

Used to refuse a request that one do something.

phrase

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see make, me.

Example Sentences

"🙎♀️You really need to clean your room! 👧Make me!"
"“I wish you would make me a sandwich or two with your own hands, my mother,” he said. “Susan’s sandwiches are not appetising.”"

Etymology

From make in the sense of "force", i.e. "you will have to force me to do it".

Questions

What does make me mean?: Used to refuse a request that one do something.
Where does make me come from?: From make in the sense of "force", i.e. "you will have to force me to do it".

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