"faire foule" meaning in Français

See faire foule in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: \fɛʁ ful\ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-faire foule.wav
  1. Faire partie quantitativement d’un ensemble, sans y jouer aucun rôle.
    Sense id: fr-faire_foule-fr-verb-vt0njaJd Categories (other): Exemples en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: faire nombre
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    {
      "word": "faire le fou"
    },
    {
      "word": "faire l’œuf"
    }
  ],
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      "parents": [],
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    },
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    "Composé de faire et de foule."
  ],
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Locution verbale",
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          "ref": "Honoré de Balzac, La Cousine Bette, 1846",
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        }
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        "Faire partie quantitativement d’un ensemble, sans y jouer aucun rôle."
      ],
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    },
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    }
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  "lang_code": "fr",
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        }
      ],
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      ]
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      "word": "faire nombre"
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