make the scene
Slang Dictionary

make the scene definition


  1. tv.
    to attend an event. (See also scene.) : I hope everybody can make the scene.
  2. tv.
    to understand a situation; to appreciate the situation. (Underworld. See also make.) : I can't quite make the scene, but it looks like Sam punched the guy over here. Then he moved to the window over here, and that's when the old dame across the street saw him.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Slang Dictionary

scene definition

[sin]
  1. n.
    a place; a setting. (See also make the scene.) : I need a different scene. Life is too hectic here.
  2. n.
    the drug-use environment; the drug scene. : The longer you spend in a scene like this, the harder it is to sober up and go straight.
  3. n.
    one's preference. (See also bag.) : This nine-to-five stuff just isn't my scene. I quit.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Idioms & Phrases

make the scene

Put in an appearance, take part in an event, as in I'll miss most of the party, but I hope to make the scene before midnight. This expression employs scene in the sense of "a place where an action occurs." [Slang; mid-1900s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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