tailor-make
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tailor-make
vb (tr)
to adapt to meet particular requirements or purposes
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tailor-make
Past participle: tailor-made
Gerund: tailor-making
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Verb | 1. | tailor-make - create (clothes) with cloth; "Can the seamstress sew me a suit by next week?" fashion, forge - make out of components (often in an improvising manner); "She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks" run up - make by sewing together quickly; "run up a skirt" quilt - create by stitching together |
2. | tailor-make - make to specifications; "I had this desk custom-made for me" |
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
tailor-make
vt the company can tailor-make your entire trip → die Firma kann Ihre ganze Reise für Sie persönlich zusammenstellen; you can tailor-make running to suit your needs → Sie können das Dauerlaufen auf Ihre eigenen Bedürfnisse zuschneiden; the therapist will tailor-make the session for you → der Therapeut stimmt die Sitzung auf Ihre persönlichen Bedürfnisse ab
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