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make no odds

make no odds verb: to make no significant difference; to be all the same.

Verb

make no odds (third-person singular simple present makes no odds, present participle making no odds, simple past and past participle made no odds)

  1. (colloquial) To make no significant difference; to be all the same.
    • 'Makes no odds,' conceded George generously. 'Shopgirl—kept company with a foreigner—known as Peter. Even without anything else there ought to be no difficulty in finding her.'1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries
    • In some contexts the difference makes no odds; it makes no odds whether we say "Tom kissed a girl" or "Tom kissed some girl", for "Tom kissed Mary or Kate" is the same in effect as "Tom kissed Mary or Tom kissed Kate".1980, P. T. Geach, B. Geach, Logic Matters, page 7

Forms of make no odds

third-person singular presentmakes no odds
present participlemaking no odds
past participlemade no odds
pastmade no odds

Questions about make no odds

What does make no odds mean?
Make no odds means to make no significant difference; to be all the same.
What part of speech is make no odds?
Make no odds is a verb.
What is the past tense of make no odds?
The past tense of make no odds is made no odds.

Words near make no odds in the dictionary

  1. make neither head nor tail of
  2. make news
  3. make nice
  4. make no bones about
  5. make no mistake
  6. make no odds
  7. make no secret of
  8. make noise
  9. make noises
  10. make nothing of
  11. make of

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