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make-or-break

make-or-break adjective: resulting in either success or failure.

Adjective

make-or-break

  1. Resulting in either success or failure.
    • Prince Harry is taking girlfriend Chelsy Davy on a make-or-break African holiday in a bid to heal their troubled relationship.

Forms of make-or-break

alternative formmake or break

Questions about make-or-break

What does make-or-break mean?
Make-or-break means resulting in either success or failure.
What part of speech is make-or-break?
Make-or-break is an adjective.

Words near make-or-break in the dictionary

  1. make-hawk
  2. make-hawks
  3. make-king
  4. make-koshi
  5. Make-make
  6. make-or-break
  7. make-out
  8. make-outs
  9. make-over
  10. make-overs
  11. make-peace

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