IDIOMS
take the mickey (out of sb) (BrE, informal) to make sb look or feel silly by copying the way they talk, behave, etc. or by making them believe sth that is not true, often in a way that is not intended to be unkind:
Are you taking the mickey? * He's always taking the mickey out of her.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is mickey a noun, verb, or something else?
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