make an exhibition of oneself
To embarrass oneself or others in public by behaving foolishly.
He tends to make an exhibition of himself at parties, trying to draw attention.
exhibition
UK /ɛksɪˈbɪʃən/ US /ɛksɪˈbɪʃən/
noun 5verb 1
Definitions
noun
1
An instance of exhibiting, or something exhibited.
2
A large-scale public showing of objects or products.
There was an art exhibition on in the town hall.
a boat exhibition
3
A public display, intentional or otherwise, generally characterised as negative.
a shameful exhibition
a disgusting exhibition
4
A demonstration of personal skill or feelings.
"I could not have believed," remarked Francesca, "had I not witnessed it since my residence in your country, how the reality and the affectation of feeling can exist together. Before I left our solitary home, the very exhibition of emotion would have tempted me to doubt its truth. Now, I observe that some affect, as others shun, display; yet the feeling is equally true in both."
5
A financial award or prize given to a student (who becomes an exhibitioner) by a school or university, usually on the basis of academic merit.
He was a scholarship boy who had won an Exhibition to Oxford, and then, like so many others, had found himself thrown upon the slave market of pedagogy.
Despite a couple of rustications, he gained an exhibition to Cambridge.
verb
1
To participate in sexual exhibitionism.
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