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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a fool of him" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to describe someone who has been made to look foolish or has been tricked by another person.
Example: "She played a clever trick on him, making a fool of him in front of their friends."
Alternatives: "made a fool of him" or "turned him into a fool."
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"People have made a fool of him, and they have called him ludicrous," she said.
Under interrogation, the boy explained how the Ibatan had made a fool of him.
When they did meet, Dodd in top hat and tails, Hitler made a fool of him time and again.
On Tuesday night in New York he faces down Donald Young, the 22-year-old American lefty who made a fool of him in Indian Wells this year and stands between the Scot and the quarter-finals of the US Open.
It simply attempted to prevent others from making a fool of him".
-FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT It takes one woman 20 years to make a man of her son and another woman 20 minutes to make a fool of him.
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Dr. Brodsky likes to quote Samuel Butler, the 19th-century British essayist: "The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him.
"The greatest pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him, and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself, too".
When Archie told this story to the writer, the writer told him he had made a fool of himself & Archie dropped him.
Vain, rich and still handsome, Terry often makes a fool of himself, but Mr. Havers makes him seem sympathetic when he could easily be pathetic.
He's used for his good-natured outlandishness and the fear that he's about to make a fool of himself which comes over him just before he does.
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