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make the riffle

make the riffle verb: to succeed; to overcome obstacles.

Verb

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

  1. (US, dialectal, intransitive) To succeed; to overcome obstacles.

Forms of make the riffle

third-person singular presentmakes the riffle
present participlemaking the riffle
past participlemade the riffle
pastmade the riffle

Origin of make the riffle

See riffle (“fast-flowing part of a stream”).

Questions about make the riffle

What does make the riffle mean?
Make the riffle means to succeed; to overcome obstacles.
What part of speech is make the riffle?
Make the riffle is a verb.
What is the past tense of make the riffle?
The past tense of make the riffle is made the riffle.

Words near make the riffle in the dictionary

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

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