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Make a meal of

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  1. 1
    To spend more time and energy on some task than it warrants; to make something overly complicated; to make a big thing out of. idiomatic, transitive

    "Some people can make a meal out of the simplest task. If you give it to a busy person, they don’t have time to muck around on the edges and worry about it — they’ll just do it."

  2. 2
    To eat something as a meal.

    "Don't walk near the tiger: it'll make a meal of you."

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