"make heavy weather" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-make heavy weather.ogg [Australia] Forms: makes heavy weather [present, singular, third-person], making heavy weather [participle, present], made heavy weather [participle, past], made heavy weather [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|make<,,made> heavy weather}} make heavy weather (third-person singular simple present makes heavy weather, present participle making heavy weather, simple past and past participle made heavy weather)
  1. (idiomatic) To make progress only with difficulty. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: make heavy weather of, make the weather
    Sense id: en-make_heavy_weather-en-verb-tsizy23z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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