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make a meal of

make a meal of
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [meyk ey meel uhv, ov]
    • /meɪk eɪ mil ʌv, ɒv/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [meyk ey meel uhv, ov]
    • /meɪk eɪ mil ʌv, ɒv/

Definitions of make a meal of words

  • noun make a meal of to perform (a task) with unnecessarily great effort 0
  • verb make a meal of (Idiomatic) VT To spend more time and energy on some task than it warrants; to make something overly complicated. 0
  • verb make a meal of To eat something as a meal. 0

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Parts of speech for Make a meal of

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

make a meal of popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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