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make bones about

make bones about verb: to do, indicate, or say something vaguely and with hesitation.

Verb

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

  1. (dated, idiomatic) To do, indicate, or say something vaguely and with hesitation.

Antonyms of make bones about

Forms of make bones about

third-person singular presentmakes bones about
present participlemaking bones about
past participlemade bones about
pastmade bones about

Questions about make bones about

What does make bones about mean?
Make bones about means to do, indicate, or say something vaguely and with hesitation.
What part of speech is make bones about?
Make bones about is a verb.
What is the past tense of make bones about?
The past tense of make bones about is made bones about.

Words near make bones about in the dictionary

  1. make belief
  2. make believe
  3. make believes
  4. make biscuits
  5. make bold
  6. make bones about
  7. make book
  8. make both ends meet
  9. make bricks without clay
  10. make bricks without straw
  11. make bricks without straws

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