take the piss (out of) sb or sth
UK offensiveDefinition
› to make a joke about someone or make them look silly: They're always taking the piss out of him because he's a Barry Manilow fan.Mocking and taunting
(Definition of take the piss (out of) sb or sth 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
- lay yourself open to ridicule idiom
- make a mockery of sth idiom
- mimic verb
- mock verb
- parody noun
- piss-take noun
- poke fun at sb idiom
- ridicule noun
- ridicule verb
- sardonic adjective
- take-off noun (COPY)
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Mocking and taunting
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