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take the mickey

verb

Etymology

Possibly from Cockney rhyming slang “to take the Mickey Bliss” (for take the piss).

Definitions

  1. To ridicule or mock.

    • 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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