"make it interesting" meaning in English

See make it interesting in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: makes it interesting [present, singular, third-person], making it interesting [participle, present], made it interesting [participle, past], made it interesting [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<,,made,made>}} make it interesting (third-person singular simple present makes it interesting, present participle making it interesting, simple past and past participle made it interesting)
  1. (idiomatic) To bet money: to lay a wager. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: make things interesting [alternative]
    Sense id: en-make_it_interesting-en-verb-en:bet_money Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English terms with placeholder "it" Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 46 54
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: increase its interestingness, in any way. Related terms: wanna bet, want to bet
    Sense id: en-make_it_interesting-en-verb-en:literal Categories (other): &lit not valid pagename, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with placeholder "it", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 57

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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