Making and Taking

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Making noun - The act that results in something coming to be.

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Taking and making are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Taking" instead an adjective "Making".

Nearby Words: make, maker

Taking adjective - Very pleasing to look at.

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Making and taking are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Making" instead an adjective "Taking".

Nearby Words: take, taken, taker, takingly

Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide has an episode about making and taking dares that incorporates one character jumping a bicycle over a tank with a shark in it.

Source: Jumping the Shark
Taking place a week after Goku's return to Earth and Trunks' warning of the androids, Vegeta finds himself stuck in a kitchen with Krillin, who ends up making the best sandwich of all time.

Source: Fanfic Recs / Dragon Ball
His crowning moment as a political operative is taking Jimmy Smits and making him president, but that's more a result of Smits' character taking steps that fly in the face of Josh's advice.

Source: Informed Ability / Live-Action TV

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