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
Coffey	['kɔfi]
Rollins	['rɔlinz]
Honey	HUN-ee	English (Rare)
Donatus	-	Late Roman
Dalia (1)	-	Spanish (Latin American), American (Hispanic)
Jacinto	hah-THEEN-to (Spanish), hah-SEEN-to (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese