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making the weather

making the weather is the present participle of make the weather.

Meaning of make the weather

Verb

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

  1. (UK, idiomatic) To be extraordinarily effective, especially when in a position of authority.
    • And at three o'clock this afternoon: Eureka! He had it in his hand, a flimsy brown file plucked from the catacombs of the public prosecutor's office. It was marked for destruction but by a miracle had escaped the flames. Bachmann had once more made the weather.2008, John le Carré, A Most Wanted Man, →ISBN, page 303

Questions about making the weather

What is making the weather the present participle of?
Making the weather is the present participle of make the weather.

Words near making the weather in the dictionary

  1. making the news
  2. making the passes
  3. making the perfect the enemy of the good
  4. making the rounds
  5. making the running
  6. making the weather
  7. making the welkin ring
  8. making the world go around
  9. making the wrong turn at Albuquerque
  10. making things interesting
  11. making tick

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