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MAKE NO BONES ABOUT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does make no bones about mean?
• MAKE NO BONES ABOUT (verb)
The verb MAKE NO BONES ABOUT has 1 sense:
1. acknowledge freely and openly
Familiarity information: MAKE NO BONES ABOUT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Acknowledge freely and openly
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
He makes no bones about the fact that he is gay
Hypernyms (to "make no bones about" is one way to...):
acknowledge; admit (declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
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