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making the world go around

making the world go around is the present participle and gerund of make the world go around.

Meaning of make the world go around

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To play an essential role in causing the things in life to work as they should; to underlie the fulfillment of the needs of human existence.
    • "But say, Jeff, it's said that love makes the world go around. Let me tell you, the announcement lacks verification. . . . Love and business and family and religion and art and patriotism are nothing but shadows of words when a man's starving!"1907, O. Henry, “Cupid á la carte”, in Heart of the West

Questions about making the world go around

What is making the world go around the present participle and gerund of?
Making the world go around is the present participle and gerund of make the world go around.

Words near making the world go around in the dictionary

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

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