make out to be

make something out to be (something else)

to portray something as something else. You are trying to make this tragedy out to be a minor matter. They made the disease out to be something far more serious than it really is.

make somebody out to be something

to represent someone as being something He was not the monster that everyone made him out to be.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Annott	['ænət]
Tsetseg	-	Mongolian
Huitzilopochtli	-	Aztec and Toltec Mythology
Linsey	LIN-zee	English
Ambram	-	Biblical Greek
Efthymia	-	Greek