make a train
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To arrive in time to catch a train.
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- We had to get up early to make the 6 o'clock train for Richmond.
- If we hurry, we might just make the last train tonight.
- She ran all the way to the station and managed to make her train.
- I don't think we're going to make the train if the traffic doesn't clear up.
- He missed his meeting because he didn't make the morning train.
- The commuters were sprinting across the platform to make the train.
- Will you be able to make the 5:30 train after work?
- They left the party early so they could make the train back home.
- I barely made the train just as the doors were closing.
- It's important to leave on time if you want to make your train.