perdu
/pəːˈdjuː/(also perdue)
adjective
1In extended use: placed in an extremely hazardous position or situation; (of a case or situation) desperate; lost. Now rare.
2Of people.
Origin
Late 16th century (in an earlier sense). From Middle French perdu lost, perished (980 in Old French; French perdu, feminine perdue), past participle of perdre from classical Latin perdere; chiefly after Middle French, French sentinelle perdue.
- make a break for
- make a clean breast of it
- make a clean job of something
- make a clean sweep
- make a conquest of
- make a day (or night) of it
- make a dead set at
- make-a-do
- make a drama out of
- make a fight of it
- make a fool of
- make after
- make a fuss
- make a fuss over (or of)
- make a galah of oneself
- make (a) game of
- make a go of
- make a hames of
- make a hash of
- make-ahead
- make a hit
- make a hole in
- make a Horlicks of
- make a House
- make a joke of