'on the make' bleached to positive 'making good money'?

[Joel S. Berson]

I have both associations, bleached and not.  My first thought would
be something shady, but context might tell me merely aggressively
interested in money or other success.  "On the take" would definitely
be illicit.

Joel

At 11/21/2012 07:42 AM, Dan Goncharoff wrote:
>I think the use of "man on the make" to mean someone who is improving his
>lot is well-established. Woodrow Wilson used it in 1912 to refer to small
>businessmen.
>
>DanG
>
>
>On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 6:02 AM, Damien Hall
><damien.hall at newcastle.ac.uk>wrote:
>
> > man on the make
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