make a/the connection

idiom

: to understand that there is a relationship between two or more things

It didn't take long for us to make the connection between the missing money and our partner's new car.

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In recent years, the organization has opened nearly a dozen hiking trails in Los Cerros Orientales so that residents make the connection between these mountains and the water that fuels their lives. —

Elizabeth Rush, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024 Boston police did not make a connection between the two arrests there and the reported sightings. —

Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024 Hwang appears to make a connection between this new twist and the state of the world, including global wars, climate change and the exacerbated wealth gap. —

Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024 Players have also drawn Nintendo’s ire for creating mods that make the connection explicit by including actual Pokémon. —

Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 19 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for make a/the connection

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