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makes friendly

makes friendly is the third-person singular simple present indicative of make friendly.

Meaning of make friendly

Verb

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

  1. To act in a friendly or conciliatory way.
    • What surprised me most, though, was the way the gals hung round for free tickets. ¶ They didn’t make any bones of it, but come up and made friendly with me the easiest I ever experienced. It was so sorter onusual that it took me quite a spell to git used to their sociable ways.1887, William Timothy Call, Josh Hayseed in New York, New York: Exceslsior, page 78

Questions about makes friendly

What is makes friendly the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Makes friendly is the third-person singular simple present indicative of make friendly.

Words near makes friendly in the dictionary

  1. makes fish of one and flesh of another
  2. makes fish of one and fowl of another
  3. makes flexible
  4. makes for
  5. makes free with
  6. makes friendly
  7. makes friends
  8. makes fun of
  9. makes game of
  10. makes garden
  11. makes good

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