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made someone hard to catch

made someone hard to catch is the simple past and past participle of make someone hard to catch.

Meaning of make someone hard to catch

Verb

make someone hard to catch (third-person singular simple present makes someone hard to catch, present participle making someone hard to catch, simple past and past participle made someone hard to catch)

  1. (colloquial, dated) To get rid of someone, especially in an unpleasant way.
    • I hope that we have no such men in Local No. 163. If we have, we will make them hard to catch when we find them out.1906, Coopers International Journal, volumes 15-16, page 156
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see make, someone, hard, to, catch.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:make someone hard to catch.

Questions about made someone hard to catch

What is made someone hard to catch the simple past and past participle of?
Made someone hard to catch is the simple past and past participle of make someone hard to catch.

Words near made someone hard to catch in the dictionary

  1. made shift
  2. made shit of
  3. made shit shake
  4. made short work of
  5. made some noise
  6. made someone hard to catch
  7. made someone's acquaintance
  8. made someone's blood boil
  9. made someone's blood run cold
  10. made someone's day
  11. made someone's ears sad

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