Frame
Make up
Make up verb - To form by putting together parts or materials.
Usage example: we'll have to make up the bookcase, which came in a box marked “some assembly required”
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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From an interview: Children often make up imaginary friends who are friendly, such as heroes, but for me they were ghosts and demons, because that was my frame of reference.
Source: Creator / David B -
They never do anything to make up for the betrayal, however, and are promptly killed by Jonas and the Coffin Hunters for being a potential liability and to frame Roland and friends.
Source: Franchise / The Dark Tower -
Valerie Hawthorne from T&T, who helped fake a kidnapping and frame an innocent man, though she did try to make up for it.
Source: Dirty Cop
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