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Idioms and Phrases

Also, poke fun at ; make sport of . Mock, ridicule, as in The girls made fun of Mary's shoes , or They poked fun at Willie's haircut , or I wish you wouldn't make sport of the new boy . The first term dates from the early 1700s, the second from the mid-1800s, and the third from the early 1500s.

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If you post one of these deepfakes, your friends should make fun of you until you cry.

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You’re spending insane amounts of money on sunscreen, and you’re buying all these hats — you used to make fun of people who wear hats.

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Howard even suggested movies of his they could make fun of in the script.

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“Obviously, I’m going to make a punchline to make fun of the guy who robbed the bodega,” the host replied.

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It has always been popular, and continues to be popular, to make fun of lawyers, to deride lawyers, to denigrate lawyers, and I get that we deserve a lot of what we get.

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