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make a big thing out of

To make a fuss about, especially unnecessarily.
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He’s physical and monosyllabic. He does all sorts of cool shit, and he subtly rediscovers his own heroism without making a big thing out of it. But he’s a supporting character, and he knows it.

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Submitted on July 10, 2018

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make a big thing out ofTo call attention to or publicize.
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