to make a case
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3.7
- phrasal verb
:
argumentar (a favor de)
- In her presentation, she made a case for why renewable energy is essential for our future.
- make a case for inclusion
- try to make a case
- attempt to make a case
I think you can make a case to say, yes, it's justified.
- I think you can make a case to say, yes, it's justified.
- Are companies becoming more persuasive in making a case for themselves?
- If you divorce the timeline from something, you can always make a case that it's possible.
- And they, people like that have the advantage of making a case for the world they come from.
- And every single day the president is making a case.
- So it's not that difficult once you understand it, to make a case for it. It's true. And it's also true that
- So as you're getting ready to study Descartes, hopefully I'm trying to make a case to you why you should and how you could.
- You know, we talked a little bit about sexual variety, that you make a case that porn in some ways might be good for us.
- I think that I think it's really important if you're trying to make a case to be as transparent and, and as honest as you can be.
- But it's hard for Ted Cruz to make a case that he's a real grown up when his website, and this is completely real.
- Instead, she she's got to make a case for why he's going to be a central part of the farm.
Examples
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Well, not when you try that hard to make a case for it, no.
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Some have argued that lower borrowing this year makes a case for more unfunded spending in the future.
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I think we, I think you can make a case that we went too far with that.
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You might, you could, could make a case for it, I think.
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One of those guys is gonna make a case against him.
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We believe we can make a case without a body.
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The purpose of this thing was to make a case for war.
Academic text (2014) -
We should be able to make a case to people why this is a valuable work.
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I think you can make a case to say, yes, it's justified.
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Are companies becoming more persuasive in making a case for themselves?
Synonyms
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2.8
To give reasons to support or oppose an idea
720
3.4
To give good reasons that something you did is right
691
2.8
To speak up to support a person or idea when others criticize it
572
2.1
Give facts or evidence that show a claim is true
121
3.3
To think carefully or discuss something to reach a decision
97
4.6
Argue or claim that something is wrong, often in a formal process
24
4.2
Gather and organize facts and evidence to support a claim or accusation
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7.1
Give reasons for or against an idea
To give reasons to support or oppose an idea
Antonyms
How Persuasive
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to present arguments' is directly derivable from combining 'make' (to create or produce) with 'case' (a set of facts or arguments). This follows a common English pattern in which 'make + noun' means to construct or present that noun, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to infer the meaning.
Etymology
Make a case may come from lawyers, who 'make' a case by gathering facts and showing them in court, like putting pieces into a box to keep them together. So make a case means 'to give reasons and evidence' to support an idea.