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take the mickey

Verb

Meaning

take the mickey (third-person singular simple present takes the mickey, present participle taking the mickey, simple past took the mickey, past participle taken the mickey)

(intransitive, Britain, slang, idiomatic) To ridicule or mock.
Synonyms: take the piss; see also Thesaurus:mock
Are you takin’ the mickey? You’ll get yer ’ead bashed in.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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