"make little of" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: makes little of [present, singular, third-person], making little of [participle, present], made little of [participle, past], made little of [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|make<,,made> little of}} make little of (third-person singular simple present makes little of, present participle making little of, simple past and past participle made little of)
  1. (transitive) To belittle. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-make_little_of-en-verb-BrPU~DBN
  2. (transitive) To accomplish easily. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-make_little_of-en-verb-NtAwBis~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60

Inflected forms

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