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.
See also: demand, make, of

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
DafneDAHF-neItalian
Lottie-English, Swedish
Luitger-German (Archaic)
VidarVEE-dahr (Swedish)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Norse Mythology
Abraam-Biblical Greek, Georgian
Fyfe-Scottish