in the making

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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.

   • 2021 January 29, Gaby Hinsliff, “Behind closed bedroom doors, a teenage mental health crisis is brewing”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     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 But sad, withdrawn, angry kids who would rather roll over than face another day in lockdown represent a whole new medical crisis in the making.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)