in the making

English

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Prepositional phrase

in the making

1. (idiomatic) In development; in the process of being made or evolving.

   You're witnessing a great reference work in the making.

   A year in the making, the following is the definitive documentary on the issue.

   • 2021 January 29, Gaby Hinsliff, “Behind closed bedroom doors, a teenage mental health crisis is brewing”, in The Guardian‎:

     Illicit teenage parties were, of course, a health risk. But sad, withdrawn, angry kids who would rather roll over than face another day in lockdown represent a whole new medical crisis in the making.

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• makings

Translations

in the process of being made

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 制造中 (zh), 酝酿中 (zh), 发展中 (zh) (fāzhǎnzhōng) Danish: i udvikling Dutch: in wording Finnish: työn alla, tekeillä (fi), kesken (fi) French: en herbe (fr), en devenir German: im Werden Hebrew: בְּהִתְהַוּוּת (b'hithavút) Hungarian: készülőfélben Italian: in fase di sviluppo Japanese: please add this translation if you can Korean: please add this translation if you can Luxembourgish: an der Maach Polish: w trakcie tworzenia Portuguese: sendo (pt) feito (pt), em formação Russian: в проце́ссе созда́ния (v procésse sozdánija) Spanish: en proceso, en ciernes, en trabajo Swedish: i vardande (sv)