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make the cheese more binding

make the cheese more binding verb: to clinch a deal or agreement.

Verb

make the cheese more binding (third-person singular simple present makes the cheese more binding, present participle making the cheese more binding, simple past and past participle made the cheese more binding)

  1. (US) To clinch a deal or agreement.
    • Why bother the title company with opening an escrow, making a search, when your deal might “flop”? Wait until you get that additional deposit to make the “cheese more binding.”1951, Harold Arthur Mitchell, How to Make Money in the Real Estate Business, page 51
  2. (US) To add complication to a situation.
    • After all that the car wouldn't start and, to make the cheese more binding, Jack had taken my jumper cables.

Forms of make the cheese more binding

third-person singular presentmakes the cheese more binding
present participlemaking the cheese more binding
past participlemade the cheese more binding
pastmade the cheese more binding

Origin of make the cheese more binding

Cheese can be binding (“constipating”)

Questions about make the cheese more binding

What does make the cheese more binding mean?
Make the cheese more binding means to clinch a deal or agreement.
What part of speech is make the cheese more binding?
Make the cheese more binding is a verb.
What is the past tense of make the cheese more binding?
The past tense of make the cheese more binding is made the cheese more binding.

Words near make the cheese more binding in the dictionary

  1. make the best of
  2. make the best of a bad bargain
  3. make the best of a bad job
  4. make the best of one's way
  5. make the case for
  6. make the cheese more binding
  7. make the cut
  8. make the deasil
  9. make the difference
  10. make the dust fly
  11. make the feathers fly

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