Make
Make verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).
Usage example: the cats made quite a disturbance when they knocked the Christmas tree over
Turn out
Turn out verb - Bring forth, "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- When it's Mandy's turn to make a wish, she realizes that any wish she makes will only turn out badly, so instead she decides to sell her wish to the highest bidder.
- Alternately, many heroes turn out to be naturals at the whole thing and don't really need any training, or they make a virtue of their indiscipline by adopting a form of Confusion Fu.
Source: Incompletely Trained - This is a story about the sacrifices we make that turn out not to be such great sacrifices after all.
Source: Fanfic Recs / House
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