"make heavy weather of" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-make heavy weather of.ogg [Australia] Forms: makes heavy weather of [present, singular, third-person], making heavy weather of [participle, present], made heavy weather of [participle, past], made heavy weather of [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|make<,,made> heavy weather of}} make heavy weather of (third-person singular simple present makes heavy weather of, present participle making heavy weather of, simple past and past participle made heavy weather of)
  1. (transitive) To overcomplicate (something); to make (things) appear worse than they are. Tags: transitive Synonyms: make heavy going of Related terms: make heavy weather
    Sense id: en-make_heavy_weather_of-en-verb-Zgn3W2jB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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