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What does “make up” mean in this sentence?

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Rebecca

To "make up" is to randomly come up with anything because you don't know the correct answer or you want to make a lie. Here are some examples of "make up". Ex: I made up random numbers to fill out the data because the experiment was not good. Ex: Don't make up excuses for not finishing your homework in time.

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