lay yourself open to ridicule
Definition
› to make it easy for people to laugh unkindly at you: You lay yourself open to ridicule wearing clothes like that.Mocking and taunting
(Definition of lay yourself open to ridicule from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- burlesque noun
- caricature noun
- caricature verb
- deride verb
- derision noun
- derisive adjective
- jibe verb
- laugh at sb/sth phrasal verb
- laugh in sb's face idiom
- make a mockery of sth idiom
- make a monkey out of sb idiom
- mimic verb
- mock verb
- parody noun
- poke fun at sb idiom
- ridicule noun
- ridicule verb
- sardonic adjective
- scoff verb (LAUGH)
- take-off noun (COPY)
Topic:
Mocking and taunting
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