Definition of haste makes waste.

haste makes waste.

• rushing leads to mistakes.

  Last edited on Aug 11 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'make':
baby maker	Definitions include: a penis.
dookie maker	Definitions include: buttocks.
go make me a sandwich	Definitions include: general insulting retort to a female.
go to the office, make a deposit, and do some paperwork	Definitions include: to defecate; "poop".
KAMU	Definitions include: "kiss and make up".
love making	Definitions include: sex.
make	Definitions include: to identify or recognize.
make a 180	Definitions include: to make a 180.
make a butt of (one's self)	Definitions include: to embarrass one's self.
make a butt trumpet	Definitions include: to fart loudly.
make a delivery	Definitions include: to defecate; "poop".
make a dent in	Definitions include: to make progress towards.
make a deposit	Definitions include: to defecate.
make airtight	Definitions include: see airtight.
make a killing	Definitions include: to make a lot of money.
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Other terms relating to 'waste':
get wasted	Definitions include: see wasted.
hopeless waste of protoplasm	Definitions include: a worthless person.
nasal waste	Definitions include: mucus; "snot", "boogers".
waste	Definitions include: to destroy.
wasted	Definitions include: extremely drunk.
waste of flesh	Definitions include: anyone perceived negatively such that they are not even worth their own skin.
WOF	Definitions include: waste of flesh
WOS	Definitions include: "waste of space".

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