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making no odds

making no odds is the present participle and gerund of make no odds.

Meaning of make no odds

Verb

make no odds (third-person singular simple present makes no odds, present participle making no odds, simple past and past participle made no odds)

  1. (colloquial) To make no significant difference; to be all the same.
    • 'Makes no odds,' conceded George generously. 'Shopgirl—kept company with a foreigner—known as Peter. Even without anything else there ought to be no difficulty in finding her.'1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries

Questions about making no odds

What is making no odds the present participle and gerund of?
Making no odds is the present participle and gerund of make no odds.

Words near making no odds in the dictionary

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

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