Make
Make verb - To form by putting together parts or materials.
Usage example: make a model airplane
Rig up
Rig up verb - Erect or construct, especially as a temporary measure.
Both terms in one sentence
- They rig up his cell to make him think he's still on his yacht, and convince him that the Joker is just a pallid steward.
Source: Fauxtastic Voyage -
Awesomely inverted in Cellular, after Jessica Martin, a biology teacher, manages to rig up a phone line to make a call.
Source: Only a Flesh Wound -
For example, she can make a Molotov Cocktail out of a bottle of rye alcohol, a blasting cap, and some other detritus, or rig up a small speaker, battery, and circuit board into a noisemaker.
Source: Video Game / Alien: Isolation
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Rig up and Make. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/make/rig_up
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