poke fun at
Example Sentences
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The images gained traction on social media and were used to poke fun at Tudor but, before their Premier League home game against Nottingham Forest on Sunday, he said there was no confusion at his end.
From BBC
Still, I guffawed when Becket popped back into his present-day cell to poke fun at his audience, the Catholic priest: “The last thing the Church wanted was an investigation,” he says with a smirk.
From Los Angeles Times
She knew how to poke fun at pious men in frilly dickeys, and rhapsodize on the pleasures found in everyday life.
There is a sense of entitlement among some, for sure, and it's easy to poke fun at that given all the titles Celtic have won.
From BBC
And that’s exactly why the movie works because its creative, defiant nature makes it a natural fit to poke fun at and question injustice, corruption, blind acceptance of authority . . . and even the family that harms you.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
