make sb lame
Frequency: 4.01.8 per million words
used to indicate an event or injury that caused the lameness
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Examples (10)
- The severe injury during the match threatened to make the star player lame.
- Doctors feared the accident would permanently make him lame.
- A fall from the horse could make a rider lame for life.
- The excessive training without rest might make the athlete lame.
- If the infection spreads, it could make the leg lame.
- They worried the fall would make the dancer lame and end her career.
- A poorly healed fracture can make a person lame.
- The unexpected injury on the field threatened to make the promising player lame.
- Veterinarians worked to prevent the injury from making the racehorse lame.
- The long-term effects of the disease could make the patient lame.