OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 60137

make a big thing out of

/ˈmeɪk ə ˈbɪɡ ˈθɪŋ aʊt əv/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
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To call attention to or publicize; to make a fuss about, especially unnecessarily.
"I don't know but what you are right. We intend to make a big thing out of you, Dick Rover." / "How?" / "I told you before you'd find out soon enough." / "I presume you'll try to m…
"Mr. Marlowe," she told him quietly, "makes a big thing out of trifles. But when it comes to a really big thing—like saving a man's life—he is out by the lake watching a silly spee…
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