poke fun at
Example Sentences
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Still, I guffawed when Becket popped back into his present-day cell to poke fun at his audience, the Catholic priest: “The last thing the Church wanted was an investigation,” he says with a smirk.
From Los Angeles Times
She knew how to poke fun at pious men in frilly dickeys, and rhapsodize on the pleasures found in everyday life.
There is a sense of entitlement among some, for sure, and it's easy to poke fun at that given all the titles Celtic have won.
From BBC
And that’s exactly why the movie works because its creative, defiant nature makes it a natural fit to poke fun at and question injustice, corruption, blind acceptance of authority . . . and even the family that harms you.
From Salon
Kunis was able to poke fun at herself for getting so frustrated, revealing that her job is far easier than that of many other HOA presidents—because her neighborhood association only incorporates eight households.
From MarketWatch
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