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
Steinn-Ancient Scandinavian
ReynardRAY-nahrd, REN-ərdEnglish (Rare)
ŚWiĘTosŁAwshvyen-TAW-swahfPolish (Archaic)
Akhenatonah-kə-NAH-tən (English)Ancient Egyptian
KasperKAHS-per (Polish, Swedish), KAHS-pər (Dutch)Polish, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Vitalis-Late Roman