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make love

 
Idioms: make love


1.  Court, engage in amorous caressing, as in Romance was in the air, and she hoped he would make love to her. [Late 1500s]
2.  Have sexual intercourse, as in They'd been making love well before they married. This usage today is the more common of the two. [Mid-1900s]


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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: have sexual intercourse with
  Synonyms: love, make out, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk


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Idioms. The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
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