Make a fool OUT OF/OF himself?
What's the difference between:
1) He made a fool OUT OF himself, and
2) He made a fool OF himself?

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Make a fool OUT OF/OF himself?
What's the difference between:
1) He made a fool OUT OF himself, and 
2) He made a fool OF himself?

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First sentence is correct. 
Second sentence the first “of” is not needed

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Sentence 1 means that he turned himself into a fool. Sentence 2 means that he did something embarrassing or foolish.

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Interchangeable

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I would only use sentence 2 (but the first "of" should be "a").

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There is a typo in the second sentence.