make head or tail of

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Verb

make head or tail of

1. (idiomatic, can't/cannot make head or tail of) To understand even minimally.

   Antonyms: make head nor tail of, make neither head nor tail of

   See if you can make head or tail of the last section in this chapter. I'm baffled.

   He was unable to make head or tail of some of the pattern-solving puzzles in the IQ test.

2. To determine to be good or bad.

Translations

• German: sich einen Reim darauf machen
• Italian: venirne a capo
• Spanish: sacar lo que el negro del sermón

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