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Meaning of turn something into an art form | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To develop something to an impressive or excessive degree.

Examples

“She was glad Martin had called. It would be good to have a natter with him. He always lifted her spirits. She had once told him that he had turned self-pity into an art form, but he was always good for a laugh.”
“Kings in those days were no strangers to spin and propaganda – look at King Alfred and his carefully crafted Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (see Chapter 6) – but it took the Normans to turn it into an art form.”
“Of course, Georgie decided to take their definition of messing up and turn it into an art form.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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