take the piss (out of) sb or sth
UK offensiveto make a joke about someone or make someone look silly:
They're always taking the piss out of him because he's a Barry Manilow fan.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Mocking and taunting
- burlesque
- caricature
- deride
- derision
- derisive
- fun
- haze
- lay yourself open to ridicule idiom
- make a mockery of sth idiom
- make a monkey out of sb idiom
- mimic
- mock
- mockery
- mocking
- parody
- sardonic
- scoff
- send
- send sb/sth up
- send-up
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