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making someone hard to catch

making someone hard to catch is the present participle and gerund of make someone hard to catch.

Meaning of make someone hard to catch

Verb

make someone hard to catch (third-person singular simple present makes someone hard to catch, present participle making someone hard to catch, simple past and past participle made someone hard to catch)

  1. (colloquial, dated) To get rid of someone, especially in an unpleasant way.
    • I hope that we have no such men in Local No. 163. If we have, we will make them hard to catch when we find them out.1906, Coopers International Journal, volumes 15-16, page 156
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see make, someone, hard, to, catch.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:make someone hard to catch.

Questions about making someone hard to catch

What is making someone hard to catch the present participle and gerund of?
Making someone hard to catch is the present participle and gerund of make someone hard to catch.

Words near making someone hard to catch in the dictionary

  1. making shift
  2. making shit of
  3. making shit shake
  4. making short work of
  5. making some noise
  6. making someone hard to catch
  7. making someone's acquaintance
  8. making someone's blood boil
  9. making someone's day
  10. making someone's ears sad
  11. making someone's flesh crawl

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