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make heavy going of

make heavy going of verb: to make heavy weather of.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) to make heavy weather of
    • England have made heavy going of Group H but they have handled the pressures of their last two games admirably and playing at their own stadium no longer appears to fill with them with apprehension.2013 October 15, Daniel Taylor, The Guardian

Forms of make heavy going of

third-person singular presentmakes heavy going of
present participlemaking heavy going of
past participlemade heavy going of
pastmade heavy going of

Questions about make heavy going of

What does make heavy going of mean?
Make heavy going of means to make heavy weather of.
What part of speech is make heavy going of?
Make heavy going of is a verb.
What is the past tense of make heavy going of?
The past tense of make heavy going of is made heavy going of.

Words near make heavy going of in the dictionary

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

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