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make a good fist of

make a good fist of is the alternative form of make a fist of.

Meaning of make a fist of

Verb

make a fist of (third-person singular simple present makes a fist of, present participle making a fist of, simple past and past participle made a fist of)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To do (something) reasonably successfully.
    • He had a go at the restaurant business and made a fairly decent fist of it.

Forms of make a good fist of

third-person singular presentmakes a good fist of
present participlemaking a good fist of
past participlemade a good fist of
pastmade a good fist of

Questions about make a good fist of

What is make a good fist of the alternative form of?
Make a good fist of is the alternative form of make a fist of.

Words near make a good fist of in the dictionary

  1. make a fist of
  2. make a fool of
  3. make a fool out of
  4. make a fortune
  5. make a go of
  6. make a good fist of
  7. make a grab
  8. make a habit of
  9. make a hash of
  10. make a hole
  11. make a joke of

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Adapted from Wiktionary: make a good fist of (page history and authors); make a fist of (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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