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making a career of

making a career of is the present participle and gerund of make a career of.

Meaning of make a career of

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To do something habitually, especially in such a way as to acquire a reputation for it.

Questions about making a career of

What is making a career of the present participle and gerund of?
Making a career of is the present participle and gerund of make a career of.

Words near making a career of in the dictionary

  1. Makindu
  2. making
  3. making a better door than a window
  4. making a big thing out of
  5. making a break for it
  6. making a career of
  7. making a case
  8. making a case for
  9. making a cat laugh
  10. making a clean break
  11. making a clean breast

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Adapted from Wiktionary: making a career of (page history and authors); make a career of (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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