make sb/sth solid
Frequency: 5.01.5 per million words
to cause someone or something to become solid or firm
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Examples (10)
- You need to refrigerate the mixture to make it solid.
- The concrete will make the foundation solid and stable.
- Freezing temperatures will make the water solid in a few hours.
- His strong arguments helped to make their case solid in court.
- Adding enough gelatin will make the jelly solid after cooling.
- The engineers designed the support beams to make the bridge solid against strong currents.
- The new policy aims to make the company's financial standing solid.
- The intense pressure eventually made the loose material solid rock.
- Through rigorous practice, she made her technique solid and precise.
- We need to add more binding agent to make the compound solid.