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Definition of make (one's) bones
make (one's) bones
verb
- to earn a respected position in a field of work.
Citation from "Movie review: 'Rachel Getting Married'", Chicago Tribune, Michael Phillips, October 9 2008 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Jul 05 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 05 2010.
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Other terms relating to 'bone': | |
| Definitions include: an extremely skinny person. | |
| Definitions include: to eat food, to have a meal. | |
| Definitions include: euphemism for overweight. | |
| Definitions include: to have sexual intercourse. | |
| Definitions include: To be screwed over or left out. | |
| Definitions include: Completely . | |
| Definitions include: someone who is dense, thick in the head, or just plain stupid. | |
| Definitions include: feces. | |
| Definitions include: a cemetery. | |
| Definitions include: to leave quickly due to fear. | |
| Definitions include: having frequent sex. | |
| Definitions include: of a marijuana smoking device, empty. | |
| Definitions include: semen. | |
| Definitions include: to review prior studies. | |
| Definitions include: to review prior studies. | |
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Other terms relating to 'make': | |
| Definitions include: a penis. | |
| Definitions include: buttocks. | |
| Definitions include: general insulting retort to a female. | |
| Definitions include: to defecate; POOP. | |
| Definitions include: rushing leads to mistakes. | |
| Definitions include: "kiss and make up". | |
| Definitions include: sex. | |
| Definitions include: to identify or recognize. | |
| Definitions include: to make a 180. | |
| Definitions include: to embarrass one's self. | |
| Definitions include: To fart loudly. | |
| Definitions include: to defecate; "poop". | |
| Definitions include: to make progress towards. | |
| Definitions include: to defecate. | |
| Definitions include: see airtight. | |
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