Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
verb
- simple past tense and past participle of make1.
adjective
- produced by making, preparing, etc., in a particular way (often used in combination): well-made garments.
- artificially produced: made fur.
- invented or made-up: to tell made stories about oneself.
- prepared, especially from several ingredients: a made dish.
- assured of success or fortune: a made man.
- have it made, Informal.
- to be assured or confident of success: With a straight A average he’s got it made.
- to have achieved success, especially wealth, status, or the like.
verb
- the past tense and past participle of make 1
adjective
- artificially produced
- (in combination) produced or shaped as specifiedhandmade
- get it made or have it made informal to be assured of success
- made of money very rich
late 14c., from Middle English maked, from Old English macod “made,” past participle of macian “to make” (see make). Made up “invented” is from 1789; of minds, “settled, decided,” from 1873. To be a made man is in Marlowe’s “Faust” (1590). To have it made (1955) is American English colloquial.
Be sure of success; also, have achieved success. For example, Since he knows all the important people, John has it made, or Karen was accepted every place she applied—she has it made. [Colloquial; mid-1900s]
In addition to the idioms beginning with made
- made for each other
- made of money
- made to measure
- made to order
also see:
- have it made
Also see undermake.