make love
Idioms-
Court, engage in amorous caressing, as in Romance was in the air, and she hoped he would make love to her . [Late 1500s]
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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]
Example Sentences
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In “Jewish Matchmaking,” professional Cupid Aleeza Ben Shalom attempts to make love connections for Jewish singles in both the United States and Israel.
From Seattle Times • May 3, 2023
To make love or not make love, to stay together or spend time apart: No decision or development, big or small, exists in a vacuum.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2022
Providing a venue for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities to date and make love connections is not without its complications.
From Washington Post • Jun. 4, 2019
Not that there’s anything wrong with being a bus driver and a crossing guard who never make love, or with taking your child to sit-ins at women’s health clinics, etc.
From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2018
But logic was how Emma could make love win.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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