Idiom
make a fist of
Meaning
To do (something) reasonably successfully.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He made a fair fist of fixing the broken chair.”
“Although she had never cooked for a large group before, she made a decent fist of the dinner party.”
“Despite his lack of formal training in the field, he made a respectable fist of managing the complex project during the director's absence.”
Examples
simple
“He made a fair fist of fixing the broken chair.”
contextual
“Although she had never cooked for a large group before, she made a decent fist of the dinner party.”
complex
“Despite his lack of formal training in the field, he made a respectable fist of managing the complex project during the director's absence.”
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