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Make am

🇸🇱 Sierra Leone Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition
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Make am definition 1

Succeed (Make it)

"E don make am big time. (He has made it big time.)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

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🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
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April 2026

↻ Similar Words

Make am 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Make am (To succeed)

"I go make am one day (I'll succeed one day)"
Make am 🇳🇬 Nigeria

To succeed (To achieve)

"I must make am (I must succeed)"

🇸🇱 About Sierra Leone Slang

Sierra Leone slang captures the everyday language, street expressions, and cultural vocabulary of its people.

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🌍 "Make am" Across Africa

This word is also used in 2 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Make am 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Make am (To succeed)
Make am 🇳🇬 Nigeria

To succeed (To achieve)

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