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making

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• be a (something) in the making
• be a [athlete etc.] in the making
• be a [crisis etc.] in the making
• be of (one's) own making
• be of own making
• be the making of
• have the makings of
• history in the making
• How is making out?
• Hulda is making her bed
• in the making
• make (one) hot under the collar
• make (one) pay through the nose
• make (one) see stars
• make (one) turn over in (one's) grave
• make (one's) beard
• make (one's) bones
• make (oneself or something) ready (for someone or something)
• make (someone's) ears burn
• make (someone's) hackles rise
• make (someone's) jaw drop
• make (someone's) teeth itch
• make (something) up as (one) goes (along)
• make (the) baby Jesus cry
• make a bed
• make a better door than a window
• make a clean break (from/with someone or something)
• make a clean breast
• make a decision
• make a false step
• make a getaway
• make a hole in the water
• make a leg
• make a mark
• make a mint
• make a pile
• make a wide stride
• make advances at (someone)
• make an end of (something)
• make an honest buck
• make as though
• make buckle and tongue meet
• make chalk of one and cheese of the other
• make fair weather
• make fast work of (someone or something)
• make fish of one and flesh of another
• make game of (someone or something)
• make ground
• make ground against (something)
• make ground on (someone or something)
• make it rain
• make like
• make like a banana and split
• make matters worse
• make news
• make plain
• make public
• make quick work of (someone or something)
• make sail
• make sport of (someone or something)
• make the best of a bad bargain
• make the cut
• make the welkin ring
• make the world go round
• of own making