| do | make | take | have | notes |
| take action | To take action means to act positively and decisively to resolve a problem. (light) | |||
| take advantage | have an advantage | To take advantage of something or someone means to profit from the momentary situation of the person or thing. To have an advantage means to be in a better position than someone else. | ||
| make amends | To make amends means to compensate for a loss or injury. | |||
| make an application | take an application | To make an application means to apply for something. Usually a job, or a bank account, etc. (light) To take an application means to obtain an application form by removing it from a collection of forms. | ||
| make an appointment | have an appointment | To make an appointment means to organise a meeting with other people. To have an appointment means you are to participate in a meeting with other people. | ||
| make an argument | have an argument | To have an argument with someone means to argue with that person. (light) To make an argument for something means to present a logical argument in its favor. | ||
| make arrangements | To make arrangements means to organise or arrange. (light) | |||
| make an attempt | To make an attempt means to try, to attemplt. (light) | |||
| make a baby | have a baby | To make a baby is, informally, to engage in sexual intercourse, leading to impregnation. To have a baby is to give birth, to produce a child. | ||
| make a bath | take a bath | have a bath | To take or have a bath is to bathe. (light) To make a bath is to prepare a bath to the right temperature. | |
| make the bed, make one’s bed | have a bed | To make the or one’s bed is to arrange its sheets and covers nicely and rectify any disorder that was caused by sleeping in it. To have a bed is to be in possession of a bed. | ||
| do one’s best | make the best of | have the best | If you do your best, it means you have acted correctly and that no-one can expect more from you. To make the best of a situation means to take as much advantage as possible from a bad situation. See take advantage. To have the best is to be in possession of the best of something. | |
| make a bid | take bids | To make a bid means to bid, to make a monetary or economic offer. Template:light To take bids is to solicit offers from several competitors, with the intention of accepting the best bid. | ||
| take a bite | have a bite | To take a bite means to bite. (light) To take a bite and to have a bite both mean to eat a quick, light snack. | ||
| make a bow | take a bow | To make a bow means to bow. (light) To take a bow means to bow (light) or to accept applause. See take a bow. | ||
| make a break | take a break | have a break | To make a break means to try to escape, to break. (light) To take and have a break means to rest from work for a short while, to break. (light) To have a break (more often get a break) also means to be lucky. | |
| make a breakthrough | have a breakthrough | To make a breakthrough means to make an important discovery. To have a breakthrough means to realize something about oneself. | ||
| do business | take business | have business | To do business means to agree a commercial contract. To have business with someone means to have matters to be settled with that person. To take business is to deprive a competitor of a customer by acquiring that customer. |
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