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What is another word for make a fool of?

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To cause (someone) to seem foolish through trickery or deception

To shame or put down

To cause (someone) to seem foolish

To outdo or surpass

To use skill and cunning to gain an advantage over

To ridicule, make fun of

(archaic) To feel or display contempt or disdain for

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To cause (someone) to seem foolish through trickery or deception

make somebody look an idiot

lead up the garden path

toy

play fast and loose with

send on a wild-goose chase

dally

give the runaround

wanton

throw dust in someone's eyes

play-act

play a trick on

fiddle

pull the wool over someone's eyes

victimize^US

victimise^UK

lead down the garden path

outmaneuver^US

give someone a bum steer

put on the wrong track

throw off the scent

hook

jockey

maneuver^US

manoeuvre^UK

give wrong information to

put up smoke screen

bait and switch

do someone in the eye

sell a bill of goods to

lead up garden path

send on a wild goose chase

give the wrong impression

slip something over on

put someone up to something

twist around your little finger

catfish

troll

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“You are talking great rubbish, and trying to make a fool of me by flattery.”

Verb

To shame or put down

dishonor^US

dishonour^UK

make someone eat crow

make someone eat humble pie

force to eat humble pie

put someone in their place

take down a peg or two

take down a peg

settle someone's hash

take the wind out of your sails

get the better of

have the last laugh on

put out of countenance

bastardize^US

stigmatize^US

dehumanize^US

dehumanise^UK

bastardise^UK

stigmatise^UK

make someone feel ashamed

let wind out of sails

disfavor^US

disfavour^UK

knock the stuffing out of

compromise

disesteem

bring into disrepute

drag through the mire

ruin the reputation of

bring into disfavour

blacken someone's name

destroy someone's credibility

damage someone's reputation

scandalize^US

scandalise^UK

minimize^US

demoralize^US

criticize^US

trivialize^US

brutalize^US

demoralise^UK

brutalise^UK

marginalize^US

trivialise^UK

criticise^UK

minimise^UK

marginalise^UK

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To cause (someone) to seem foolish

Verb

To outdo or surpass

gain an advantage over

have the last laugh on

gain the advantage over

give someone a hiding

blow out of the water

bring someone to their knees

pulverize^US

give someone a drubbing

pulverise^UK

win a resounding victory over

outmaneuver^US

pummel^US

get the upper hand over

pummelled^UK

balk^US

give someone a pasting

gain the upper hand over

put someone in their place

baulk^UK

throw back in confusion

immobilize^US

immobilise^UK

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To use skill and cunning to gain an advantage over

outmaneuver^US

be head and shoulders above

get the upper hand over

gain the advantage over

go beyond

scoop

be more than a match for

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To ridicule, make fun of

lampoon

mock

ridicule

satirise^UK

satirize^US

make a laughing-stock

run down

hold up to shame

make someone a laughing stock

make cutting remarks about

do an impersonation of

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(archaic) To feel or display contempt or disdain for

satirize^US

satirise^UK

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