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making streaks

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

Meaning of make streaks

Verb

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

  1. (slang) To leave or depart, especially hurriedly; to go away.
    • "[…] better make streaks for the boats." They dressed hastily and took a short cut cross country over the open fields toward the landing place.1922, Latta Griswold, The Tides of Deal, page 81

Questions about making streaks

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

Words near making streaks in the dictionary

  1. making someone's toes curl
  2. making something of
  3. making something of oneself
  4. making sport of
  5. making strange
  6. making streaks
  7. making strides
  8. making sure
  9. making terms
  10. making the bald man cry
  11. making the bed

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