make much

Verb

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

1. (usually) To emphasize, put much value on.
   • He always makes much of the fact that he is related to an earl.
   • Many readers too, have made much of the signifying force of the connection between Sterne and the starling.2004, Markman Ellis, The Politics of Sensibility, page 74

   Synonyms:

   betone, stress, underscore, pamper, posset

2. (usually) To give fond attention to; to cosset.
   • Usually, on such visits, the colonel made much of the dog. Today he merely glanced up abstractedly from his writing, at sight of Bruce's silken head at his side.2012, Albert Payson Terhune, Bruce, page 119

   Synonyms:

   coddle