Definition of Make bold

1. Verb. Take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission. "How dare you call my lawyer?"

Exact synonyms: Dare, Presume
Generic synonyms: Act, Move
Derivative terms: Presumption

Lexicographical Neighbors of Make Bold

make against
make amends
make an appearance
make an effort
make an example of
make an exhibition of oneself
make an offer
make as if
make away
make away with
make baby Jesus cry
make belief
make believe
make bold (current term)
make book
make clean
make common cause
make conscience
make do
make do and mend
make due
make ends meet
make eyes at
make faces
make file
make files
make for
make friends

Literary usage of Make bold

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1870)
"... On him who shall make bold, On him who shall make bold, Shall make bold ; Shall make bold, shall make bold, On him who shall make bold, ..."

2. De finibus bonorum et malorum by Marcus Tullius Cicero (1914)
"Is there any doubt that virtue occupies so large a part in human affairs that it eclipses every other factor ? Well then, I shall make bold to call the ..."

3. The Standard Dictionary of Facts: History, Language, Literature, Biography edited by Henry Woldmar Ruoff (1909)
"To encourage is to give courage, and to embolden to make bold; the former impelling to .... make bold ..."

4. Sporting Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02751662] (1823)
"... off the leg he How civil, was'nt it, to speak so pretty ! he strips, make bold"— Takes proper means to staunch the blood, " May we make bold," »aid he, ..."

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