hold up to ridicule

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Neither does Dryden neglect to hold up to ridicule the slips in Latin and English grammar, which marked the offensive Preface to the "Duke of Lerma."

From The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author by Saintsbury, George

Many of these reviews took occasion to pick out and hold up to ridicule the illogical sentences, the grammatical solecisms, and general imperfections of technique which marked and disfigured the Siege of Corinth.

From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley

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 Heine, Heinrich

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 Hottinger, Johann Jakob

The very next night, Russell would hold up to ridicule the peculiarity of some one in the neighborhood, much to his victim's chagrin and to the amusement of the listeners.

From Russell H. Conwell by Burr, Agnes Rush