Idioms
take the mickey/mick (out of somebody)
- (British English, informal) to make somebody look or feel silly by copying the way they talk, behave, etc. or by making them believe something that is not true, often in a way that is not intended to be unkind synonym tease, mock
- Are you taking the mickey?
- He’s always taking the mickey out of her.
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