Alternative form of make a monkey out of

(transitive) To turn to as a substitute.

(Canada, US) To get ready for a confrontation (debate, argument, fight). / (industrial design) To increase the boxiness of (a design).

(idiomatic) To be independent of others

A peninsula in East Africa, jutting into the Guardafui Channel.

People's acceptance, for the sake of appreciation of art (including literature and the like), of what they know to be a nonfactual premise of the work of art.

A particular region of Russia from 1791 to 1917, designated for Jews.

(chiefly US) Nauseated, queasy or vomiting, sick.

destitute; poor.

A petroleum product used as fuel in a heating system and not requiring preheating for use.