making a meal of

A form of make a meal of — To spend more time and energy on some task than it warrants; to make something overly complicated; to make a big thing out of.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of make a meal of
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making a meal of. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/making%20a%20meal%20of

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