make the scene

make the scene
1. tv. to attend an event. (See also scene.)
We plan to make the scene, but you know how things are.
I hope everybody can make the scene.
2. tv. to understand a situation; to appreciate the situation. (Underworld. See also make.)
I can’t quite make the scene, but it looks like Sam punched the guy over here. Then he moved to the window over here, and that’s when the old dame across the street saw him. D I can make the scene. It’s just like you said, except Bruno came in and found the guy laid out on the floor.

Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions. 2015.

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  • make the scene — {v. phr.}, {slang} To be present; to arrive at a certain place or event. * /I am too tired to make the scene; let s go home./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • make the scene — {v. phr.}, {slang} To be present; to arrive at a certain place or event. * /I am too tired to make the scene; let s go home./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • make the scene — be present, go to a certain place or event He decided to make the scene and go to the disco for the evening …   Idioms and examples

  • make the scene — vp To attend an event or activity. Hey, man, I m going to be too busy to make the scene tonight. 1960s …   Historical dictionary of American slang

  • make\ the\ scene — v. phr. slang To be present; to arrive at a certain place or event. I am too tired to make the scene; let s go home …   Словарь американских идиом

  • make the scene — to be active in a social activity. She hopes to be behind the wheel, making the scene with her friends, after she gets her driver s license …   New idioms dictionary

  • make the scene — Synonyms and related words: achieve success, advance, arrive, be a success, be enfranchised, be implicated in, bear a hand, break through, chip in, come on, come through, contribute, cut a swath, enter into, get ahead, get on, get there, go far,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • hit (or US make) the scene — arrive; appear. → scene …   English new terms dictionary

  • make the scene — phrasal to be present at or participate in a usually specified activity or event …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Make a Scene — Studio album by Sophie Ellis Bextor Released 18 April 2011 …   Wikipedia

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