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make head or tail of

make head or tail of verb: to understand even minimally.

Verb

make head or tail of (third-person singular simple present makes head or tail of, present participle making head or tail of, simple past and past participle made head or tail of)

  1. (idiomatic) To understand even minimally.
    • See if you can make head or tail of the last section in this chapter. I'm baffled.
    • 'I cannot make head or tail of it,' confessed Miss Barrowford, as the senseful fingers crossed and recrossed the scrawl, now following a vague spidery line, now drawn where no visible mark appeared to lead. 'Is there any meaning, do you think?'1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries
  2. To determine to be good or bad.

make head or tail of meaning in Bengali

make head or tail of in Bengali

ন্যূনতমভাবে বোঝা

Antonyms of make head or tail of

Forms of make head or tail of

third-person singular presentmakes head or tail of
present participlemaking head or tail of
past participlemade head or tail of
pastmade head or tail of
alternative USmake heads or tails of

Questions about make head or tail of

What does make head or tail of mean?
Make head or tail of means to understand even minimally.
What is make head or tail of in Bengali?
Make head or tail of in Bengali is ন্যূনতমভাবে বোঝা. See Make head or tail of meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is make head or tail of?
Make head or tail of is a verb.
What is the past tense of make head or tail of?
The past tense of make head or tail of is made head or tail of.

Words near make head or tail of in the dictionary

  1. make haste slowly
  2. make hay
  3. make hay while the sun shines
  4. make head against
  5. make head nor tail of
  6. make head or tail of
  7. make headway
  8. make heavy going of
  9. make heavy weather
  10. make heavy weather of
  11. make history

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