make fun of

Idioms  

1. 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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make fun of

The Sun follows with the same headline, adding that Davis has asked her friends and family "to make fun of me as much as possible".

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

Does he know that we’re going to make fun of him a little bit?’

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

An avalanche of online memes make fun of the Luce’s design, and the company sheds $5 billion in market value.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026

"The point is to make fun of Japan's 'cute' image online, with all its cliches and stereotypes," 25-year-old French YouTuber Rocky Louzembi, who analyses internet culture, told AFP.

From Barron's ● Mar. 24, 2026

“Knowing exactly what you saw, but thinking that it couldn’t possibly have happened like that. Second-guessing yourself. Having other people make fun of you because you won’t say, ‘Oh, I must have made a mistake.’”

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix