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makes heavy weather

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

Meaning of make heavy weather

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To make progress only with difficulty.

Questions about makes heavy weather

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

Words near makes heavy weather in the dictionary

  1. makes hay while the sun shines
  2. makes head against
  3. makes head or tail of
  4. makes headway
  5. makes heavy going of
  6. makes heavy weather
  7. makes heavy weather of
  8. makes history
  9. makes interesting
  10. makes into
  11. makes it

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