make it up to

English

Verb

make it up to

(idiomatic, transitive) To pay back; to return someone a previous good deed.
After John gave her a lovely wooly hat for her birthday, she wanted to make it up to him so she took him out for dinner.

You've been so kind to me, how can I make it up to you?

Translations

return someone a previous good deed

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: korvata (fi)

Italian: ricambiare (it)
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: recompensar (es)

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