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here's one I made earlier

here's one I made earlier phrase: said when presenting or demonstrating something, in order to suggest that it is difficult or time-consuming to make.

Phrase

here's one I made earlier

  1. (UK, humorous) Said when presenting or demonstrating something, in order to suggest that it is difficult or time-consuming to make.
    • I won't show you how to make the dolls house now since I don't have my glasses with me, but here's one I made earlier.

Origin of here's one I made earlier

In reference to the British children's TV series Blue Peter. Presenters would use the phrase while demonstrating toys and other items that children could make themselves from common household items such as washing-up liquid bottles and toilet roll tubes, often with the help of "sticky-backed plastic".

Questions about here's one I made earlier

What does here's one I made earlier mean?
Here's one I made earlier means said when presenting or demonstrating something, in order to suggest that it is difficult or time-consuming to make.
What part of speech is here's one I made earlier?
Here's one I made earlier is a phrase.

Words near here's one I made earlier in the dictionary

  1. here's a quarter, call someone who cares
  2. here's hoping
  3. here's looking at you
  4. here's luck
  5. here's mud in your eye
  6. here's one I made earlier
  7. here's the deal
  8. here's the thing
  9. here's to
  10. here, here
  11. here, there and everywhere

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