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make fun - subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday"

blackguard, guy, jest at, laugh at, poke fun, ridicule, roast, rib

bemock, mock - treat with contempt; "The new constitution mocks all democratic principles"

tease - mock or make fun of playfully; "the flirting man teased the young woman"

lampoon, satirise, satirize - ridicule with satire; "The writer satirized the politician's proposal"

debunk, expose - expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas; "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims"

stultify - cause to appear foolish; "He stultified himself by contradicting himself and being inconsistent"

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"You naughty, sneaking, wicked boy!" she exclaimed, furiously:" I'll teach you to spy out my secrets and to make fun of me!"

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At the start of the clip, she asked pro-Duterte blogger Drew Olivar: 'Mag-language sign ka (Do sign language).' Olivar obliged, then proceeded to make fun of it.

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Not only did he make fun of it again and again but he also had the audacity to ask the child not to draw again.

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I still make fun of myself around my husband, though, and he has started making fun of me right alongside me.

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Rashid Ahmad, a retired police officer, had moved the petition, submitting that actors make fun of important personalities, especially police personnel, in TV comedy shows and stage plays.

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Like when I hosted shows, I made sure I didn't make fun of others.

Comedy is about poking fun at yourself and not others: Akshay Kumar

He asked PM to not make fun of Pakistan at international level because such statements by government officials weakens the stance of Pakistan globally and gives chance to enemies to label Pakistan as terrorist state.

Put house in order, don't make fun of it: Nisar to PM

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