MAKE SOMETHING OF Definition & Meaning

make something of

Render important or useful; improve. For example, Dad hoped Tim would make something of himself . [Late 1700s]
Give undue importance to something, especially a problem or disagreement, as in Ann decided to make something of it when Bob said women's studies is not a real discipline . This usage sometimes is put as make something out of nothing , as in So what if Jim had coffee with your girlfriend—don't make something out of nothing . For an antonym, see make nothing of , def. 1.

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She left school at 15 with no qualifications but a determination "to make something of myself".

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We had, after all, explicitly rejected the idea of an aristocracy and built our entire national mythology around the idea that you could make something of yourself no matter what the circumstances of your birth.

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"My brother helped me out with his boss, got me a job on the scaffolding site and that just kept me ticking over, but it gave me that push, as in 'I don't want to be back doing this. I want to get back to boxing, really push on and make something of it'."

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"The moment the weather changes, the children go back to school and the tourists all go home, it's nice to have something different to make something of the season," she added.

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"They realised that I was all alone and I needed to make something of myself," he said.

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