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Collocations for fool - noun

ADJECTIVE

big, great, silly, stupid
You're an even bigger fool than I thought.
absolute, complete, total, utter
poor (= unfortunate)
old (= used to show sympathy, affection or a lack of respect)
The poor old fool was imprisoned on my account.
young
little
You silly little fool!

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VERB + fool

feel (esp. BrE), feel like
I felt such a fool when I realized what I'd done. (BrE)
I felt like a fool when I realized what I'd done.
look (esp. BrE), look like
They had left me looking like a fool.
act like, behave like
Stop behaving like a fool!
suffer
She doesn't suffer fools gladly.
call sb
take sb for
He had taken me for a complete fool.

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PREPOSITION

like a fool
Like a fool, I told her everything.
fool of a sth
That fool of a doctor has prescribed me the wrong medicine!

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PHRASES

act the fool, play the fool
Stop acting the fool and be serious!
Being an actor doesn't just mean playing the fool.
be no fool, be nobody's fool (= be too clever to be deceived by sb/sth)
She's nobody's fool. She had the car checked by a mechanic before buying it.
make a fool of sb/yourself, make a fool out of sb
She was angry at having been made a fool of.
more fool (sb) (BrE)
I thought it was safe to leave my suitcase there. More fool me (= I was stupid to think so).

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Collocations for fool - verb

ADVERB

completely
easily
She's not easily fooled.

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VERB + fool

cannot
try to

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PREPOSITION

into
He fooled them into thinking he was a detective.
with
You can't fool me with all that nonsense!

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PHRASES

have sb fooled
She had me completely fooled for a moment.

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