hold up to ridicule
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Or did he seek to hold up to ridicule all manifestations of human enthusiasm in general, military heroism in particular?
From The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine by Heinrich Heine
I am a believer in cremation, but that is no reason why I should hold up to ridicule the clumsier and more unhealthy churchyard burials about which so much sentiment exists.
From The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2 by Harry Furniss
It does fall within the scope of this description to hold up to ridicule opinions, which others esteem holy.
From The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli by Johann Jakob Hottinger
I can quite understand, even at this day, the making of a book which should hold up to ridicule the whole of a nation on account of these differences.
From As We Are and As We May Be by Sir Walter Besant
Far be it from us to hold up to ridicule the weakness of a friend, but we cannot help adding that Master Frank made the most of his tails.
From Ungava by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
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