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meet one's maker

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mak⋅er

[mey-ker]
–noun
1. a person or thing that makes.
2. a manufacturer (used in combination): drugmaker; garmentmaker.
3. (initial capital letter) God.
4. the party executing a legal instrument, esp. a promissory note.
5. Cards. the player who first names the successful bid.
6. Archaic. a poet.
7. go to or meet one's Maker, to die.

Origin:
1300–50; ME; see make 1 , -er 1
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Main Entry: mak·er
Function: noun
: one (as an issuer) that undertakes to pay a negotiable instrument and esp. a note maker rather than indorser>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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