"make an ass of" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-make an ass of.ogg [Australia] Forms: makes an ass of [present, singular, third-person], making an ass of [participle, present], made an ass of [participle, past], made an ass of [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|make<,,made> an ass of}} make an ass of (third-person singular simple present makes an ass of, present participle making an ass of, simple past and past participle made an ass of)
  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To cause (someone) to seem foolish. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Synonyms: make a fool of, make a fool out of, make a monkey of, make a monkey out of
    Sense id: en-make_an_ass_of-en-verb-oV~Q8lJn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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