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make it count

make it count verb: to make something have as useful and positive an effect as possible.

Verb

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

  1. To make something have as useful and positive an effect as possible.
    • You only get one chance, so you have to make it count.

Forms of make it count

third-person singular presentmakes it count
present participlemaking it count
past participlemade it count
pastmade it count
alternative formmake something count

Questions about make it count

What does make it count mean?
Make it count means to make something have as useful and positive an effect as possible.
What part of speech is make it count?
Make it count is a verb.
What is the past tense of make it count?
The past tense of make it count is made it count.

Words near make it count in the dictionary

  1. make history
  2. make interesting
  3. make into
  4. make it
  5. make it big
  6. make it count
  7. make it do or do without
  8. make it interesting
  9. make it make sense
  10. make it one's business
  11. make it one's life

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