Term Gallery logo

Meanings of make an engagement in English

We have no meanings for "make an engagement" in our records yet.
Usage of make an engagement in English
1
You make an engagement to come to supper and then never appear.
Letters of Pliny
2
I can't dare to make an engagement now for even a single letter.
Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 4 (1886-1900)
3
He had intended to make an engagement with Nan to visit the little home.
The Root of Evil
4
It takes two to make an engagement, and it should take two to break it.
In a Steamer Chair, and Other Stories
5
And yet John Vaughan was incapable of the cheap trick of lying to make an engagement.
The Southerner: A Romance of the Real Lincoln
6
When I make an engagement, I keep it.
Sisters
7
I may be back in a fortnight, and in that case I will make an engagement with you.
The Gates of Chance
8
Nothing is more rude than to make an engagement, be it of business or pleasure, and break it.
Our Deportment / Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most R...
9
After a day or so of this, they would make an engagement, and then-Oh ,whatdid it matter?
The Beautiful and Damned
10
The Floridian certainly did not seem to be very anxious to make an engagement with me; and this fact improved his chances with me.
Down South; or, Yacht Adventure in Florida
11
Next winter, if you try, you can probably make an engagement to perform at some dime museum or variety hall, in New York or elsewhere.
The Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus
12
I'd made an engagement for the following week with old van Manderpootz.
The Worlds of If
13
But when I have made an engagement, I like to keep it.
Don Orsino
14
So she made an engagement to meet him at the Plaza for dinner.
The Call of the Canyon
15
The method of making an engagement is quite different from that of Americans.
Modern Persia
16
She left them after making an engagement for the following day.
Fanny Herself
This collocation consists of:
Make an engagement across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common