make a fuss
Idioms-
Cause a needless commotion or display, as in I'm sure he'll be here soon; please don't make a fuss . It is also often put as , as in He's making a fuss about nothing , or If you make a fuss over the small budget items, what will it be like when we discuss the big ones? The idiom dates from about 1800, although the use of fuss in this sense is a century older.
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make a fuss over someone . Treat someone with excessive attention, solicitude, or affection, as in Whenever they visit Grandma she makes a fuss over the children . [1920s]
Example Sentences
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Make a fuss and you'd mess it up.
From BBC • Aug. 6, 2012
Make a fuss and ruin Horace and me.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878. by Various
Make a fuss and you'll get what you want.
From Europe After 8:15 by Benton, Thomas H.
Make a fuss over him, so to speak.
From The Golf Course Mystery by Steele, Chester K.
Make a fuss and you’ll get what you want.
From A Book of Burlesques by Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis)
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