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What does make for mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word make for? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (idiomatic) To set out to go (somewhere); to move towards.
  2. (idiomatic) To tend to produce or result in.
  3. (idiomatic, rare) To confirm, favour, strengthen (an opinion, theory, etc.).
  4. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see make,‎ for.
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Brussels officials are convinced that fun and games for pigs make for healthier animals and tastier pork chops or bacon rashers.
Add in grandkids, in-laws, and cousins, and it must make for a heck of a big family reunion.
White glue and tape are adhesives that companies make for people to get things to stick together.
Such an approach arguably can make for good social activism, but it begets bad theatre.
Sing-alongs, puppets and a pinch of magic all make for a jolly time at the theatre and a happy ending of course.
He makes some quite acid comments about the seventies mystical counterculture which make for very amusing reading now.

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