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Phrase(s): have the makings of something
Fig. to possess the qualities that are needed for something. • The young boy had the makings of a fine baseball player. • My boss has all the makings of a prison warden.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Have the abilities or qualities needed to become something, as in She has the makings of a fine teacher, or, as Shakespeare put it in Henry VIII (4:1): "She had all the royal makings of a Queen." [Late 1500s]
American Heritage Idioms