make up the numbers

English

Verb

make up the numbers

(idiomatic) To provide sufficient people to make an event worthwhile.
We need eleven players, but we are only nine. Can you help us make up the numbers?

Translations

to provide sufficient people

Finnish: saada luku täyteen

Spanish: hacer bulto

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