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micky off

C1 slang separable transitive
In simple words

To laugh at or make fun of someone.

Meanings

1 C1 idiomatic slang

To mock or ridicule someone, often in a light-hearted but dismissive manner.

"Are you mickying me off? That plan is completely serious."

Grammar: separable
Usage notes

British and Irish slang, rare. Variant of 'take the mickey (out of someone)'. 'Mickey' (sometimes 'micky') may be a rhyming slang reference. Use is largely confined to informal regional British speech.

Commonly used with

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Forms

Base
micky off
I/you/we/they
3rd person
mickies off
he/she/it
Past simple
mickied off
yesterday
Past participle
mickied off
have + pp
-ing form
mickying off
continuous

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Synonyms

take the mickey mock tease rib poke fun at send up

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