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Make head or tail of
verb
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Definitions
1.
verb
(can't/cannot make head or tail of) To understand even minimally.
"He was unable to make head or tail of some of the pattern-solving puzzles in the IQ test."
2.
verb
To determine to be good or bad.
Synonyms
make head nor tail of
make nothing of
close one's mind
decode
bend the brain
talk over someone's head
go over someone's head
decipher
elude
uncipher
unfathom
put it past
Antonyms
make head nor tail of
make neither head nor tail of
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