make heavy weather
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Verb
[edit]make heavy weather (third-person singular simple present makes heavy weather, present participle making heavy weather, simple past and past participle made heavy weather)
- (idiomatic) To make progress only with difficulty.
Usage notes
[edit]- May be used alone, or with of, as in "he made heavy weather of the voyage".