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make up

make up - phrasal verb

To use ingenuity in making, developing, or achieving: concoct, contrive, devise, dream up, fabricate, formulate, hatch, invent, think up. Informal cook up. See make.
To compose or recite without preparation: ad-lib, extemporize, fake, improvise. See planned. prepared.
To act as an equalizing weight or force to: balance, compensate, counteract, counterbalance, counterpoise, countervail, offset, set off. See order.
To reestablish friendship between: conciliate, reconcile, reunite. See love.