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celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities
Let's whoop it up--the boss is gone!
The members of the wedding party made merry all night
How To Use make merry In A Sentence
- “Mony a dainty ane,” said Madge; “and blithely can I sing them, for lightsome sangs make merry gate.” The Heart of Mid-Lothian
- They sing to the timbrel and harp and make merry to the sound of the flute.
- make merry
- In the Spring all things are happy; gayness and laughing once again descend upon the land and men make merry and dance.
- Christmas is a time to eat, drink and make merry.
- I want to enjoy my existence on this earth, be happy and make merry.
- On the first of May every year, the villagers would make merry in the village, dancing, singing and drinking.
- Some make merry with the minutiae of our short lives. Times, Sunday Times
- If any patient comes to harm then the government and the press are going to make merry hell of it. Times, Sunday Times
- Christmas is a time to eat, drink and make merry.