make a fool of

[make a fool of] or (informal) [make a monkey of] {v. phr.}

To make (someone) look foolish.

* /The boy made a fool of himself./

* /Mary's classmates made a fool of her by telling her the party was to be a masquerade./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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