make demands of

make demands of someone or something

and make demands on someone or something

to expect someone or something to do something or act in a particular way. Please don't make demands of everyone in the shop. The boss is making a lot of demands on the new machinery.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Rodrigo	ro-DREE-go (Spanish, Italian), roo-DREE-goo (Portuguese)	Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Galician
Wenceslas	WEN-səs-laws (English)	History
Xanthippe	ksahn-teep-pe (Ancient Greek), zan-TIP-ee (English)	Ancient Greek
Viviana	vee-vee-AH-nah (Italian)	Italian, Spanish, Late Roman
Abd Al-Wali	-	Arabic
Gennadi	gye-NAH-dee, gee-NAH-dee	Russian