make look good



make someone look good

to cause someone to appear successful or competent (especially when this is not the case). John arranges all his affairs to make himself look good. The manager didn't like the quarterly report because it didn't make her look good.
See also: good, look, make

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Rajesh-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Nepali
LeopoldLE-o-pawlt (German), LAY-o-pawlt (Dutch), LEE-ə-pold (English), le-AW-pawlt (Polish)German, Dutch, English, Slovene, Polish
MannyMAN-eeEnglish
Na'im-Arabic
Sumeet-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi
BÁR&Eth;R-Ancient Scandinavian