make hay
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make hay
verb makes hay · making hay · made hay
- To cut grass to turn into hay for animal feed.
- To take advantage of an opportunity. I suggested that this was a mistake, particularly at a time of national crisis on the railways, because it opened the way for critics of the railway to make hay - which Institute of Economic Affairs Director Richard Wellings duly did in an anti-rail article in the Daily Telegraph.
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verb to cut grass to turn into hay
| Français | faner, faire les foins |
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| Deutsch | Heu machen |
| Italiano | far fieno |
verb to take advantage of an opportunity
| Deutsch | profilieren, beweisen, hervortun, die Gelegenheit beim Schopf ergreifen, ausschlachten |
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| Italiano | fare cassa |
Talk about this word "make hay." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/make%20hay. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. make hay. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/make%20hay "make hay." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/make%20hay.
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@misc{make_hay_2026,
title = {make hay},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/make%20hay},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
