to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objectiveeveryone riveted their eyes on the trick that the magician was performing on stage

in the 15^th century

• make a show
• make away with
• make-belief
• make-believe
• make-believes
• make common cause
• make do
• make ducks and drakes of
• make ends meet
• make eyes
• make eyes (at)
• make faces
• make fun of
• make game of
• make good
• make good (for)
• make good on
• make it
• make it (through)
• make much of
• make off with
• make one's flesh crawl
• make one's flesh creep
• make one's mark
• make-or-break