(idiomatic, informal) To succeed at something or meet a requirement; to be chosen out of a field of candidates or possibilities.

(idiomatic) To prove satisfactory; to be successful or worthy of merit.

(idiomatic) To regard without due seriousness; to joke about.

(idiomatic, informal) To tease, ridicule or make jokes about, generally in a pejorative manner.

(intransitive, dated) To hurry or hasten.

(idiomatic) To cause a disturbance. / (idiomatic) To upset the status quo. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see make, wave.

present participle of make waves

(idiomatic) To rearrange or organize existing people, objects, furniture, belongings, etc., to create space for new objects.

(literally) To cut grass to turn into hay for animal feed. / (idiomatic) To take advantage of an opportunity.

To earn enough income to support oneself and, if applicable, one's family. / (of animals) To manage to find enough food to survive.