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makes someone hard to catch

makes someone hard to catch is the third-person singular simple present indicative of make someone hard to catch.

Meaning of make someone hard to catch

Verb

make someone hard to catch (third-person singular simple present makes someone hard to catch, present participle making someone hard to catch, simple past and past participle made someone hard to catch)

  1. (colloquial, dated) To get rid of someone, especially in an unpleasant way.
    • I hope that we have no such men in Local No. 163. If we have, we will make them hard to catch when we find them out.1906, Coopers International Journal, volumes 15-16, page 156
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see make, someone, hard, to, catch.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:make someone hard to catch.

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Makes someone hard to catch is the third-person singular simple present indicative of make someone hard to catch.

Words near makes someone hard to catch in the dictionary

  1. makes shift
  2. makes shit of
  3. makes shit shake
  4. makes short work of
  5. makes some noise
  6. makes someone hard to catch
  7. makes someone's acquaintance
  8. makes someone's blood boil
  9. makes someone's day
  10. makes someone's ears sad
  11. makes someone's flesh crawl

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