"make a show of oneself" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-make a show of oneself.ogg Forms: makes a show of oneself [present, singular, third-person], making a show of oneself [participle, present], made a show of oneself [participle, past], made a show of oneself [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|make<,,made> a show of oneself}} make a show of oneself (third-person singular simple present makes a show of oneself, present participle making a show of oneself, simple past and past participle made a show of oneself)
  1. (idiomatic, Ireland) To embarrass oneself or others in public. Tags: Ireland, idiomatic Synonyms: make a spectacle of oneself, make an exhibition of oneself [UK] Translations (To embarrass oneself or others in public): 出洋相 (chū yángxiàng) (Chinese Mandarin), een belachelijk figuur slaan (Dutch), munata itsensä (Finnish), se faire remarquer (French), se donner en spectacle (French), sich zum Affen machen (German), sich lächerlich machen (German), eine lächerliche Figur abgeben (German), unangenehm auffallen (German), nevetségessé teszi magát (Hungarian), dare spettacolo (Italian), farsi ridere dietro (Italian), pagar mico (Portuguese), сде́лать из себя́ посме́шище (sdélatʹ iz sebjá posméšišče) (Russian), hacer el ridículo (Spanish), göra bort sig (Swedish)
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