Meaning of take the mickey | Babel Free

Definitions

To ridicule or mock.

Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, idiomatic, intransitive, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“Are you takin’ the mickey? You’ll get yer ’ead bashed in.”

“For the last eight years, taking the mickey out of George Bush has been great, victimless fun. Like taking candy from babies or shooting aquatically-challenged fish in size-challenged barrels.”

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