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make fun of

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make fun of someone/something
to make a joke about someone or something in an unkind way. At first the kids made fun of her because she spoke with a Dutch accent.
See also: fun

make fun of someone/something
to make someone or something seem ridiculous by making jokes about them. When she first moved north, some people made fun of her southern accent.
Related vocabulary: goof on someone
See also: fun

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For though we do have to work, we make fun of ourselves, and are a pretty jolly set, as Jo would say.
" she exclaimed, furiously:" I'll teach you to spy out my secrets and to make fun of me
"That's tolerably certain," replied Conseil, quietly; "I think they will make fun of you, sir.
 
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