makings
Britishplural noun
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potentials, qualities, or materials
he had the makings of a leader
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Also called: rollings. slang the tobacco and cigarette paper used for rolling a cigarette
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profits; earnings
Example Sentences
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“This is all the makings of the most hated V-shaped rally again,” he said.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026
“They like makings me look like a monster because of way I looks maybe. All my life’s I been told to be quiet and do what I was told. No mores.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026
The match in Rabat, between two of the continent's leading nations, had the makings of the tie of the round but never quite lived up to its billing.
From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026
Add to that the manor’s soon-to-be-revealed secret passages, to say nothing of a fortune in hidden jewels, and we have all the makings of a classic “old dark house” mystery.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025
If that doesn’t sound like the makings of a witch’s brew,, then I’m the queen of England.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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