make a good fist of

make a good fist of
make a good fist of
Brit informal : to do (something) well

Despite her inexperience, she made a remarkably good fist of chairing the meeting.

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Main Entry:fist

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  • make a good fist of — (something/doing something) British & Australian, old fashioned to do something well. He made a good fist of explaining why we need to improve our public transport system. He built the house himself and made a surprisingly good fist of it …   New idioms dictionary

  • make a good fist — (UK) If you make a good fist of something, you do it well …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • make a good fist of something — make a good fist of (something/doing something) British & Australian, old fashioned to do something well. He made a good fist of explaining why we need to improve our public transport system. He built the house himself and made a surprisingly… …   New idioms dictionary

  • make a good fist of doing something — make a good fist of (something/doing something) British & Australian, old fashioned to do something well. He made a good fist of explaining why we need to improve our public transport system. He built the house himself and made a surprisingly… …   New idioms dictionary

  • make a good fist of something — make a good/​poor fist of something british old fashioned phrase to be successful/​unsuccessful in your attempt to do something Thesaurus: to do something well or better than someone elsesynonym Main entry: fist * * * make a better, good, poor,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • make a bad fist of — make a bad/poor fist of (something/doing something) British & Australian, old fashioned make a good fist of (something/doing something) to do something well. Our lawyer made a poor fist of advising us …   New idioms dictionary

  • make a poor fist of — make a bad/poor fist of (something/doing something) British & Australian, old fashioned make a good fist of (something/doing something) to do something well. Our lawyer made a poor fist of advising us …   New idioms dictionary

  • make a good — ● fist …   Useful english dictionary

  • Make a good fist — do (a task) well …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • make a good fist — Australian Slang do (a task) well …   English dialects glossary

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