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making nice

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

Meaning of make nice

Verb

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

  1. (US) To be friendly or conciliatory towards another, often in the context of maintaining good relations or resolving a conflict with the other person.
    • And now he had to go make nice with the good doctor's grandma.1999, Gina Wilkins, Doctor in Disguise, page 18

Questions about making nice

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

Words near making nice in the dictionary

  1. making much
  2. making muffins
  3. making music
  4. making neither head nor tail of
  5. making news
  6. making nice
  7. making no bones about
  8. making no odds
  9. making no secret of
  10. making noise
  11. making of

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