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be a [athlete/star/writer etc.] in the making

if someone is an athlete, star, writer, etc. in the making, they are likely to develop into that thing. This young swimmer is an athlete in the making.

See also: star, writer

be a [crisis/disaster etc.] in the making

if something is a crisis, disaster, etc. in the making, it is likely to develop into that thing. What we're witnessing here is a disaster in the making.

See also: disaster

be of your own making

if an unpleasant situation is of your own making, you have caused it. The problems she has with that child are all of her own making.

be the making of someone

if you say that an event or experience was the making of someone, you mean that it made them develop good qualities. A spell in the army will be the making of him! (never in present tenses) University was the making of her, because she was able to escape the influence of her family at last.

have (all) the makings of something

to seem likely to develop into something. The story has all the makings of a first-class scandal. She has the makings of a great violinist.

love-making

make love - to have sex with someone. It was our conversations more than the love-making that I remembered after the affair was over.

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have (all) the makings of something

to seem likely to develop into something. I think we have the makings of a good team this year. This story has all the makings of a first-class scandal.

history in the making

something very important that is happening now. The broadcast gave a vivid account of medical history in the making.

See also: history

in the making

1. being created. Her novel was ten years in the making, and not very successful.

2. in the process of happening. It became clear that this was a disaster in the making and we had no way of coping with it.

of your own making

caused by your own mistakes. He blames everybody else instead of admitting that this is a problem of his own making.