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 France captain, one of the best footballers on the planet, is at the centre of a major row after a video emerged this week of him appearing to make fun of former leader Mao.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

Some things have stayed the same, though: People still make fun of Mark Zuckerberg.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

We used to make fun of IBM, saying it would market sushi restaurants as selling “cold, dead, raw fish.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

“How do we make fun of it in an avant-garde, punk, radical way? How do we poke holes at it?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

“You’re here to gloat. To make fun of the American who can’t get anything right. Well, go ahead. Hit me with your best shot.”

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

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