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making friendly

making friendly is the present participle and gerund of make friendly.

Meaning of make friendly

Verb

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

  1. To act in a friendly or conciliatory way.
    • What surprised me most, though, was the way the gals hung round for free tickets. ¶ They didn’t make any bones of it, but come up and made friendly with me the easiest I ever experienced. It was so sorter onusual that it took me quite a spell to git used to their sociable ways.1887, William Timothy Call, Josh Hayseed in New York, New York: Exceslsior, page 78

Questions about making friendly

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

Words near making friendly in the dictionary

  1. making fish of one and flesh of another
  2. making fish of one and fowl of another
  3. making flexible
  4. making for
  5. making free with
  6. making friendly
  7. making friends
  8. making fun of
  9. making game of
  10. making garden
  11. making good

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