make sense
verb1
Idiomatic To be sensible, coherent, reasonable.
- The thing doesn’t make sense to me.
- Somehow the combination didn’t make sense, but Cranston took it at face value, whatever that was worth.
3 more examples
- I was in your arms Thinking I belonged there I figured it made sense Building me a fence1980, ABBA, “The Winner Takes It All”:
- Of course you're not coming over / Snap out of it / You're not making any sense2002, Frou Frou, “Psychobabble”, in Details:
- Hendy has come out as something of an evangelist for discontinuous electrification. For Waterloo-Exeter, this could make real sense on a route where the high capital cost of wiring or third rail all the way to Devon would be prohibitive. But what about his vocal support for it on East West Rail, which is effectively a brand new line?2025 February 19, Paul Clifton, “I am absolutely committed to reforming the railway”, in RAIL, number 1029, page 41:
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Informal Used to express interest or desire in something; to be pleasing or beneficial; to work, be operative, or be advantageous to.
- Maybe we should take a break. I mean, our relationship just isn't making much sense anymore.
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Bodybuilding, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports Slang To be in the realm of the ordinary, to be not particularly developed.
Generally negated
- If you want to grow spinal erectors that don’t make sense, you have to do a lot of bent-over compound lifts.