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making the passes

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

Meaning of make the passes

Verb

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

  1. To perform a hypnotic technique involving running the hands over the head and body of the subject.
    • […] he did not stop to think, but hastened to make the ‘passes’ as the technical phrase styles certain unmeaning motions of the hands and arms.1837, anonymous author, Means Without Living, Boston: Weeks, Jordan & Co., pages 37–38

Questions about making the passes

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

Words near making the passes in the dictionary

  1. making the first move
  2. making the fur fly
  3. making the grade
  4. making the headlines
  5. making the news
  6. making the passes
  7. making the perfect the enemy of the good
  8. making the rounds
  9. making the running
  10. making the weather
  11. making the welkin ring

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