mock out
C1 informal separable transitive
In simple words
To make fun of someone in front of others to embarrass them.
Literal meaning: To bring someone's mockery out into the open for all to see.
Meanings
1 C1
idiomatic
informal
To ridicule or humiliate someone openly and deliberately in front of others.
"The presenter mocked out the contestant for getting such a basic question wrong."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
Not widely attested in standard dictionaries; largely informal and potentially regional. Less common than 'mock' alone or 'call out'. The 'out' suggests the ridicule is public and exposed.
Commonly used with
rival contestant colleague online publicly stage
Forms
Base
mock out
I/you/we/they
3rd person
mocks out
he/she/it
Past simple
mocked out
yesterday
Past participle
mocked out
have + pp
-ing form
mocking out
continuous
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