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make nothing of
can make nothing of . Fail to accomplish, understand, or solve something, as in I could make nothing of that long speech . [Late 1600s]
Regard as unimportant, make light of, as in He made nothing of walking three miles to buy a newspaper . This expression was first recorded in 1632.
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