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Discover LudwigThe phrase "make a fuss of" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to refer to showing someone extra special attention. For example: "We made a fuss of him on his retirement, throwing him a surprise party."
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You are given a nice big table, and the waitresses make a fuss of you.
I do make a fuss of the men in my life.
Our two dogs race to greet me and I make a fuss of them.
The old guys would make a fuss of me - they'd say: "Oh, let Ricky do it".
He praises the politically unsavory Céline for his refusal to make a fuss of anything, even death.
Make a fuss of them, don't make a fuss of them, show them in a reverent chapel-like space or stuff them in a corner room with a video soundtrack muttering into it – no matter.
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"If you try to make a fuss out of one or two cases, it will only worsen the situation and create a picture that the country is not safe," Hishammuddin Hussein, who was home minister at the time, said last year.
"We Panamanians are the kind of people to make a fuss for a couple of days and then move on".
"He makes a fuss of it.
"Hi, Mum!" He starts making a fuss of the dog, who is ecstatic to see him.
"The more people made a fuss of him, the more they clapped and made noise, the more he liked it".
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