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make a fool out of

make a fool out of is the alternative form of make a fool of.

Meaning of make a fool of

Verb

make a fool of (third-person singular simple present makes a fool of, present participle making a fool of, simple past and past participle made a fool of)

  1. (transitive) To cause (someone) to seem foolish.
    • I've made a prize fool of myself.

Forms of make a fool out of

third-person singular presentmakes a fool out of
present participlemaking a fool out of
past participlemade a fool out of
pastmade a fool out of

Questions about make a fool out of

What is make a fool out of the alternative form of?
Make a fool out of is the alternative form of make a fool of.

Words near make a fool out of in the dictionary

  1. make a difference
  2. make a dollar out of fifteen cents
  3. make a face
  4. make a fist of
  5. make a fool of
  6. make a fool out of
  7. make a fortune
  8. make a go of
  9. make a good fist of
  10. make a grab
  11. make a habit of

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Adapted from Wiktionary: make a fool out of (page history and authors); make a fool of (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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