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make things interesting

make things interesting is the alternative form of make it interesting.

Meaning of make it interesting

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To bet money: to lay a wager.
    • Care to make it interesting?
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: increase its interestingness, in any way.

Forms of make things interesting

third-person singular presentmakes things interesting
present participlemaking things interesting
past participlemade things interesting
pastmade things interesting

Questions about make things interesting

What is make things interesting the alternative form of?
Make things interesting is the alternative form of make it interesting.

Words near make things interesting in the dictionary

  1. make the weather
  2. make the welkin ring
  3. make the world go around
  4. make the world go round
  5. make the wrong turn at Albuquerque
  6. make things interesting
  7. make this world go around
  8. make this world go round
  9. make tick
  10. make time
  11. make time with

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