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make someone look good

make someone look good idiom

Cause someone to appear in a favorable light, as in Harry's staff does most of the important work and makes him look good.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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