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makes hay

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

Meaning of make hay

Verb

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

  1. (literally) To cut grass to turn into hay for animal feed.
  2. (figuratively) To take advantage of an opportunity.
    • I suggested that this was a mistake, particularly at a time of national crisis on the railways, because it opened the way for critics of the railway to make hay - which Institute of Economic Affairs Director Richard Wellings duly did in an anti-rail article in the Daily Telegraph.2021 January 27, Christian Wolmar, “Little-used stations”, in RAIL, issue 923, page 46

Questions about makes hay

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

Words near makes hay in the dictionary

  1. makes ground
  2. makes happen
  3. makes hard work of
  4. makes haste
  5. makes haste slowly
  6. makes hay
  7. makes hay while the sun shines
  8. makes head against
  9. makes head or tail of
  10. makes headway
  11. makes heavy going of

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