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Meanings of make heads in English

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Usage of make heads in English
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It takes a savvy Medicare participant to make heads-or-tails of these differences.
Reuters
2
The public and press couldn't make heads or tails of the whole thing.
The Guardian
3
I can't make heads or tails out of what he's saying.
Boneshaker
4
Again, though, she couldn't make heads or tails of what CJ had written.
Fortunate harbor
5
Can you make heads or tales out of that Al?
The Real Dope
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She'd been trying to make heads or tails of the shop's records for weeks.
Sins of the Fathers
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He asked midwives and physickers, but they couldn't make heads or tails of it.
The Wise Man’s Fear
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Shaking her head, she says, I can't make heads or tails out of this.
Tell-all
9
Maybe there was still a linguist somewhere who could make heads or tails of it.
Stars rain down
10
Obviously, I can't make heads or tails of it.
Anathem
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Other than that, I can't make heads or tails of what's going on down there.
Dreadnought
12
The kind you can't make heads or tails of.
The girl who played with fire
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Our computers can't make heads or tails of it.
Earth Unaware
14
I couldn't make heads or tails out of it.
Brisingr
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I could never make heads or tails of it.
A Canticle For Leibowitz
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I couldn't make heads or tails of her, and I couldn't make her go away.
Destined to last
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