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The phrase "make up said" is grammatically correct and commonly used in written English.
It is often used in dialogue to indicate that someone is quoting or retelling something that was previously said by someone else. Example: "I heard you and Steve got into a fight yesterday," Mary said. "That's not true," Sarah replied, "Steve made up what I said and twisted it around to make me look bad."
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"Anytime you lose revenue that accounts for 4percentt of the general fund budget, it's difficult to make up," said Gov. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, a Democrat.
"Everybody involved walked away feeling that we had underachieved, and that has left us with some ground to make up," said Poching, who was assistant coach after captaining the team in the previous World Cup.
"As 2010 closed and 2011 began, we were left with the harsh reality that 2011 was going to be another trying year with a great deal of ground to make up," said Emily Eiland Gonzalez, marketing director for Kaiser Realty in Gulf Shores.
"We had a recent case where a woman was threatened by her husband with a knife, and after calling the police, she was told by the officer, 'Why don't you cook a nice plate of pasta and make up?' " said Nadia Somma, the president of Demetra, an association that runs a shelter in Ravenna, in northeastern Italy.
"Two sisters coached by a brother who is married to one of their competitors -- it's a story even Hollywood couldn't make up," said Craig Masback of USA Track and Field, the organization that oversees more than 4,000 track events a year.
"There's a strong wind forecast for tomorrow [Sunday], but any more than six back is going to be tough to make up," said the Englishman, who is still searching for his maiden victory in a major.
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"They have to replace NetWare revenues, which is a lot of [sales] to make up," says Gillan.
"I get bored if I'm not made up," said Naoko.
"Obviously, everyone's mind is already made up," said Dana Rohrabacher, Republican of California.
"I am 100percentt sure it's made up," said Ms. Anani, 32.
"The public trust doctrine was not something that we just made up," said a spokeswoman, Carmen Axmann.
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