make me

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Phrase

make me

1. (sarcastic, childish) Used to refuse a request that one do something.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see make,‎ me.
   • 1886, Mary Linskill, “The Haven under the Hill”, in Donald Macleod, editor, Good Words, London: Isbister and Company, […], chapter LXI (“One Last Kiss upon the Living Shore”), page 839, column 2:

     “I wish you would make me a sandwich or two with your own hands, my mother,” he said. “Susan’s sandwiches are not appetising.”