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make the road shorter

make the road shorter verb: to get going; to make a start on one's journey.

Verb

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

  1. (Ireland, colloquial) To get going; to make a start on one's journey.
    • Well, it's almost ten o'clock. I should be making the road shorter.

Forms of make the road shorter

third-person singular presentmakes the road shorter
present participlemaking the road shorter
past participlemade the road shorter
pastmade the road shorter

Questions about make the road shorter

What does make the road shorter mean?
Make the road shorter means to get going; to make a start on one's journey.
What part of speech is make the road shorter?
Make the road shorter is a verb.
What is the past tense of make the road shorter?
The past tense of make the road shorter is made the road shorter.

Words near make the road shorter in the dictionary

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

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