make the riffle

verb

To succeed; to overcome obstacles.

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Meanings

verbmake the riffle (third-person singular simple present makes the riffle, present participle making the riffle, simple past and past participle made the riffle)

present singular third person makes the riffle · participle present making the riffle · participle past made the riffle · past made the riffle

  1. USdialectalintransitiveTo succeed; to overcome obstacles.

Origin

See riffle (“fast-flowing part of a stream”).

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make the riffle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20the%20riffle

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