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"To cause (someone) to seem foolish."
],
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"(transitive) To cause (someone) to seem foolish."
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"word": "make a monkey of"
},
{
"word": "make a monkey out of"
},
{
"word": "make a fool out of"
}
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"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "lak-chhat",
"sense": "to cause (someone) to seem foolish",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "落漆"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to cause (someone) to seem foolish",
"word": "出醜"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chūchǒu",
"sense": "to cause (someone) to seem foolish",
"word": "出丑"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to cause (someone) to seem foolish",
"word": "se ridiculiser"
},
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"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "ullū banānā",
"sense": "to cause (someone) to seem foolish",
"word": "उल्लू बनाना"
},
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to cause (someone) to seem foolish",
"word": "ridicolizzare"
},
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"code": "it",
"english": "said of oneself",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cause (someone) to seem foolish",
"word": "fare una figuraccia"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cause (someone) to seem foolish",
"word": "mettersi in ridicolo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cause (someone) to seem foolish",
"word": "esporsi al ridicolo"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to cause (someone) to seem foolish",
"word": "lūdificō"
},
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"code": "pl",
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"note": "of oneself",
"sense": "to cause (someone) to seem foolish",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "błaźnić się"
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"code": "pl",
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"note": "of oneself",
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"code": "pl",
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"note": "of oneself",
"sense": "to cause (someone) to seem foolish",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "błaznować"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to cause (someone) to seem foolish",
"word": "a se face de râs"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "délatʹ idiótom",
"sense": "to cause (someone) to seem foolish",
"word": "де́лать идио́том"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to cause (someone) to seem foolish",
"word": "göra till åtlöje"
},
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"code": "sv",
"english": "make a fool of oneself",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to cause (someone) to seem foolish",
"word": "göra bort sig"
}
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"word": "make a fool of"
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"form": "made a fool of",
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"To cause (someone) to seem foolish."
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],
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"(transitive) To cause (someone) to seem foolish."
],
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"word": "make a monkey of"
},
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"word": "make a monkey out of"
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"tags": [
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"word": "make a fool out of"
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"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "lak-chhat",
"sense": "to cause (someone) to seem foolish",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "落漆"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to cause (someone) to seem foolish",
"word": "出醜"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chūchǒu",
"sense": "to cause (someone) to seem foolish",
"word": "出丑"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to cause (someone) to seem foolish",
"word": "se ridiculiser"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "ullū banānā",
"sense": "to cause (someone) to seem foolish",
"word": "उल्लू बनाना"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cause (someone) to seem foolish",
"word": "ridicolizzare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"english": "said of oneself",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cause (someone) to seem foolish",
"word": "fare una figuraccia"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cause (someone) to seem foolish",
"word": "mettersi in ridicolo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cause (someone) to seem foolish",
"word": "esporsi al ridicolo"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to cause (someone) to seem foolish",
"word": "lūdificō"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"note": "of oneself",
"sense": "to cause (someone) to seem foolish",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "błaźnić się"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"note": "of oneself",
"sense": "to cause (someone) to seem foolish",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zbłaźnić się"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"note": "of oneself",
"sense": "to cause (someone) to seem foolish",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "błaznować"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to cause (someone) to seem foolish",
"word": "a se face de râs"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "délatʹ idiótom",
"sense": "to cause (someone) to seem foolish",
"word": "де́лать идио́том"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to cause (someone) to seem foolish",
"word": "göra till åtlöje"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"english": "make a fool of oneself",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to cause (someone) to seem foolish",
"word": "göra bort sig"
}
],
"word": "make a fool of"
}
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