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making one's number

making one's number is the present participle of make one's number.

Meaning of make one's number

Verb

make one's number (third-person singular simple present makes one's number, present participle making one's number, simple past and past participle made one's number)

  1. To report one's arrival and begin one's duties.
    • Dave Shaw had given me good advice. 'Make your number with the purser,' he had said. 'He's a kind of super marine hotel manager who can wave a magic wand and get you almost anything you ask for.'1972, Stephen Seamus Kerry, Ship's Doctor, page 49

Questions about making one's number

What is making one's number the present participle of?
Making one's number is the present participle of make one's number.

Words near making one's number in the dictionary

  1. making one's entrance
  2. making one's exit
  3. making one's hand
  4. making one's manners
  5. making one's mark
  6. making one's number
  7. making one's own
  8. making one's own luck
  9. making one's toilet
  10. making one's way
  11. making oneself at home

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