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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)
- (transitive, idiomatic) To cause (someone) to seem foolish.
c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 152:I ſee their knauery; this is to make an aſſe of me, / to fright me if they could; […]
1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World , London, New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:I had sprung to my feet. I was speaking, and yet I had prepared no words. Tarp Henry, my companion, was plucking at my skirts and I heard him whispering, "Sit down, Malone! Don't make a public ass of yourself."
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