make old bones (English, verb)
expansion: make old bones (third-person singular simple present makes old bones, present participle making old bones, simple past and past participle made old bones)
Senses:
glosses: To live to an old age.
tags: informal
raw_tags: in the negative
glosses: To last a long time; to last or store well.
tags: informal
raw_tags: in the negative
Forms:
form: makes old bones
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: making old bones
tags: participle
present
form: made old bones
tags: participle
past
form: made old bones
tags: past