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meddling and making

meddling and making is the present participle of meddle and make.

Meaning of meddle and make

Verb

meddle and make (third-person singular simple present meddles and makes, present participle meddling and making, simple past and past participle meddled and made)

  1. (obsolete) To intrude oneself into another person's concerns.
    • […] for such kind of men, the less you meddle or make with them, why the more is for your honesty.1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Questions about meddling and making

What is meddling and making the present participle of?
Meddling and making is the present participle of meddle and make.

Words near meddling and making in the dictionary

  1. meddlesomeness
  2. meddlest
  3. meddleth
  4. meddlin'
  5. meddling
  6. meddling and making
  7. meddling nor making
  8. meddling or making
  9. meddlingly
  10. meddlings
  11. MedDRA

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