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Take the mickey

verb, slang

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Verb
  1. 1
    To ridicule or mock. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, idiomatic, intransitive, slang

    "Are you takin’ the mickey? You’ll get yer ’ead bashed in."

Etymology

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

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