Usually means: Cause someone to look foolish.
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We found 6 dictionaries that define the word make a fool of:

General (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. make a fool (out) of, make a fool of: Merriam-Webster
  2. make a fool of: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. make a fool of: Wiktionary
  4. make a fool of: Dictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. make a fool of: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. make a fool of: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (make a fool of)

verb:  (transitive) To cause (someone) to seem foolish.

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