Copy
Copy verb - To make an exact likeness of.
Make up
Make up verb - To create or think of by clever use of the imagination.
Usage example: she keeps making up excuses as to why she hasn't yet finished the project
Both terms in one sentence
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Vanilla Edition: MGM's Blu-ray of the film has fewer bonus features than any of the DVDs, although they (sort of) make up for it by including commentaries and interviews on the bonus DVD copy.
Source: Film / The Graduate -
By some interpretations of the rules he can even make up things to copy.
Source: Power Copying -
The Copy Protection of the fourth game involves answering the elements that make up certain formulas, with the elements including the four traditional ones and pizza.
Source: Bizarro Elements
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