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making a go of

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

Meaning of make a go of

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To succeed in (something); especially, to succeed in making a living.
    • He quit his regular job and tried to make a go of it as an artist.

Questions about making a go of

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

Words near making a go of in the dictionary

  1. making a face
  2. making a fist of
  3. making a fool of
  4. making a fool out of
  5. making a fortune
  6. making a go of
  7. making a good fist of
  8. making a grab
  9. making a habit of
  10. making a hash of
  11. making a joke of

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Adapted from Wiktionary: making a go of (page history and authors); make a go 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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