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making room

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

Meaning of make room

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To rearrange or organize existing people, objects, furniture, belongings, etc., to create space for new objects.
    • I moved the books off my desk to make room for my labtop.

Questions about making room

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

Words near making room in the dictionary

  1. making pigs and whistles of
  2. making pigs and whistles of something
  3. making pretend
  4. making quick work of
  5. making right
  6. making room
  7. making sense
  8. making shift
  9. making shit of
  10. making shit shake
  11. making short work of

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