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make one's manners

make one's manners verb: to greet a person with a respectful bow or curtsey.

Verb

make one's manners (third-person singular simple present makes one's manners, present participle making one's manners, simple past and past participle made one's manners)

  1. (dated) To greet a person with a respectful bow or curtsey.

Forms of make one's manners

third-person singular presentmakes one's manners
present participlemaking one's manners
past participlemade one's manners
pastmade one's manners

Questions about make one's manners

What does make one's manners mean?
Make one's manners means to greet a person with a respectful bow or curtsey.
What part of speech is make one's manners?
Make one's manners is a verb.
What is the past tense of make one's manners?
The past tense of make one's manners is made one's manners.

Words near make one's manners in the dictionary

  1. make one's bones
  2. make one's bow
  3. make one's entrance
  4. make one's exit
  5. make one's hand
  6. make one's manners
  7. make one's mark
  8. make one's number
  9. make one's own
  10. make one's own luck
  11. make one's presence felt

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