makeweightnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈmeɪk.weɪt/us/ˈmeɪk.weɪt/something or someone, without much value of its own, that is added so that there is the correct amount or number:
She may be the youngest member of the team, but she's no makeweight.
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Also, extra, and in addition
- added
- additional
- again
- along
- also
- case
- excess
- for good measure idiom
- for luck idiom
- furthermore
- hand
- have sth in hand idiom
- say
- second 1
- thirdly
- to boot idiom
- to cap it all idiom
- to say nothing of ... idiom
- together
- yet
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