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makes one's number

makes one's number is the third-person singular simple present indicative of make one's number.

Meaning of make one's number

Verb

make one's number (third-person singular simple present makes one's number, present participle making one's number, simple past and past participle made one's number)

  1. To report one's arrival and begin one's duties.
    • Dave Shaw had given me good advice. 'Make your number with the purser,' he had said. 'He's a kind of super marine hotel manager who can wave a magic wand and get you almost anything you ask for.'1972, Stephen Seamus Kerry, Ship's Doctor, page 49

Questions about makes one's number

What is makes one's number the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Makes one's number is the third-person singular simple present indicative of make one's number.

Words near makes one's number in the dictionary

  1. makes one's entrance
  2. makes one's exit
  3. makes one's hand
  4. makes one's manners
  5. makes one's mark
  6. makes one's number
  7. makes one's own
  8. makes one's own luck
  9. makes one's toilet
  10. makes one's way
  11. makes oneself at home

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