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make the perfect the enemy of the good

make the perfect the enemy of the good verb: to reject or bar improvement because it is incomplete.

Verb

make the perfect the enemy of the good (third-person singular simple present makes the perfect the enemy of the good, present participle making the perfect the enemy of the good, simple past and past participle made the perfect the enemy of the good)

  1. (intransitive) To reject or bar improvement because it is incomplete.

Forms of make the perfect the enemy of the good

third-person singular presentmakes the perfect the enemy of the good
present participlemaking the perfect the enemy of the good
past participlemade the perfect the enemy of the good
pastmade the perfect the enemy of the good

Questions about make the perfect the enemy of the good

What does make the perfect the enemy of the good mean?
Make the perfect the enemy of the good means to reject or bar improvement because it is incomplete.
What part of speech is make the perfect the enemy of the good?
Make the perfect the enemy of the good is a verb.
What is the past tense of make the perfect the enemy of the good?
The past tense of make the perfect the enemy of the good is made the perfect the enemy of the good.

Words near make the perfect the enemy of the good in the dictionary

  1. make the grade
  2. make the headlines
  3. make the most of
  4. make the news
  5. make the passes
  6. make the perfect the enemy of the good
  7. make the riffle
  8. make the road shorter
  9. make the rounds
  10. make the running
  11. make the weather

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