hold up to ridicule
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Later, when Gratiano says: "O upright judge, O learned judge!" his intention is to taunt and hold up to ridicule; there is a double meaning conveyed, which finds its natural expression in a curved inflection.
From The Ontario High School Reader by Marty, A.E.
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
I can quite understand, even at this day, the making of a book which should hold up to ridicule the whole of a nation on account of these differences.
From As We Are and As We May Be by Besant, Walter, Sir
"Who's Blackie!" said the boy, repeating the question, as if to hold up to ridicule the absurd ignorance which it implied.
From Geordie's Tryst A Tale of Scottish Life by Rae, Mrs. Milne
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
