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made the world go around

made the world go around is the simple past and past participle of make the world go around.

Meaning of make the world go around

Verb

make the world go around (third-person singular simple present makes the world go around, present participle making the world go around, simple past and past participle made the world go around)

  1. (idiomatic) To play an essential role in causing the things in life to work as they should; to underlie the fulfillment of the needs of human existence.
    • "But say, Jeff, it's said that love makes the world go around. Let me tell you, the announcement lacks verification. . . . Love and business and family and religion and art and patriotism are nothing but shadows of words when a man's starving!"1907, O. Henry, “Cupid á la carte”, in Heart of the West

Questions about made the world go around

What is made the world go around the simple past and past participle of?
Made the world go around is the simple past and past participle of make the world go around.

Words near made the world go around in the dictionary

  1. made the perfect the enemy of the good
  2. made the rounds
  3. made the running
  4. made the weather
  5. made the welkin ring
  6. made the world go around
  7. made the wrong turn at Albuquerque
  8. made things interesting
  9. made tick
  10. made time
  11. made time with

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