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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Recent Examples on the Web But don’t make a connection with the looming 2024 Paris Olympics: as far as the French brand is concerned, there isn’t one. —

Lily Templeton, WWD, 17 June 2024 So within very recent memory, there’s an example of how those two currents struggle to make a connection. —

Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 19 Apr. 2024 Investigators later allegedly confirmed a match with a DNA sample, which used distant relatives to make the connection to Kohberger. —

Louis Casiano, Fox News, 31 May 2024 Book fans may make a connection to the Eloise children's books series written by Kay Thompson in the '50s. —

Anna Halkidis, Parents, 24 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for make a/the connection

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