make a fool of's Usage Examples:

the exam with flying colors and suspects Toni of having set out to make a fool of him.

Walt starts to make a fool of himself by getting drunk and accidentally snatching a woman's purse.

with a red-haired hound dog, whom the rabbit sets out to evade and make a fool of using one-liners, reverse psychology, disguises and other tricks.

According to Coleridge he was a shrewd negotiator, "tho’ he would not make a fool of himself by giving an extravagant price, yet he would bid hard.

early eighteenth century verb to doodle, meaning "to swindle or to make a fool of".

Synonyms:

overdo, do, exaggerate,

Antonyms:

desensitize, calmness, delay, decompression,