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make fun of

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make fun of (third-person singular simple present makes fun of, present participle making fun of, simple past and past participle made fun of)

(idiomatic, informal) To tease, ridicule or make jokes about, generally in a pejorative manner.
Please stop making fun of your sister and just help her!

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They are damn good projects - excellent projects. That goes for all the projects up there. You know some people make fun of people who speak a foreign language, and dumb people criticize something they do not understand, and that is what is going on up there - God damn it! Harry Hopkins

Every country needs another country to make fun of. Callan McAuliffe

Nine times out of 10 when people do a tribute album or tribute songs for somebody, it's what I call 'white boys playing reggae'. They know they can't, we know they can't, so they sing like they can't and play like they can't. They gently make fun of the idiom or sing in a false accent. David Lee Roth

He who has not yet reached the opposite shore should not make fun of him who is drowning. Guinea Proverb

One camel does not make fun of another camel's hump. Ghana Proverb

One camel does not make fun of the other camel's hump. Guinea Proverb

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