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made heavy weather

made heavy weather is the simple past and past participle of make heavy weather.

Meaning of make heavy weather

Verb

make heavy weather (third-person singular simple present makes heavy weather, present participle making heavy weather, simple past and past participle made heavy weather)

  1. (idiomatic) To make progress only with difficulty.

Questions about made heavy weather

What is made heavy weather the simple past and past participle of?
Made heavy weather is the simple past and past participle of make heavy weather.

Words near made heavy weather in the dictionary

  1. made hay while the sun shone
  2. made head against
  3. made head or tail of
  4. made headway
  5. made heavy going of
  6. made heavy weather
  7. made heavy weather of
  8. made history
  9. made in China
  10. made in Japan
  11. made in the shade

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