make head or tail of
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make head or tail of
verb makes head or tail of · making head or tail of · made head or tail of · make heads or tails of
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To understand even minimally.
See if you can make head or tail of the last section in this chapter. I'm baffled.
Opposite: make head nor tail of, make neither head nor tail of
- To determine to be good or bad.
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verb understand even minimally
| Español | sacar lo que el negro del sermón, no ver ni pies ni cabeza a, no encontrar ni pies ni cabeza a |
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| 中文 | 勉強理解 /勉强理解, 略知一二 lüèzhīyī'èr |
| Deutsch | sich einen Reim darauf machen |
| Italiano | venirne a capo |
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