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extract the Michael

extract the Michael verb: synonym of take the mickey.

Verb

extract the Michael (third-person singular simple present extracts the Michael, present participle extracting the Michael, simple past and past participle extracted the Michael)

  1. (UK, humorous, slang) Synonym of take the mickey.
    • We've had some fun this month extracting the Michael from the Software Editor. Playing on his kind, easy going temperament we handed him a copy of Firebird's Don't Buy This and persuaded him that it was a collection of megabrill games.1985, "Don't Buy This" (video game review) in Crash (issue 17, pages 46-47)
    Synonyms:
    take the mickey

Synonyms of extract the Michael

Forms of extract the Michael

third-person singular presentextracts the Michael
present participleextracting the Michael
past participleextracted the Michael
pastextracted the Michael

Origin of extract the Michael

Facetious alteration of take the mickey.

Questions about extract the Michael

What does extract the Michael mean?
Extract the Michael means synonym of take the mickey.
What part of speech is extract the Michael?
Extract the Michael is a verb.
What is the past tense of extract the Michael?
The past tense of extract the Michael is extracted the Michael.

Words near extract the Michael in the dictionary

  1. extracromosomal
  2. extracrystalline
  3. extract
  4. extract from the criminal record
  5. extract from the judicial record
  6. extract the Michael
  7. extract the urine
  8. extractabilities
  9. extractability
  10. extractable
  11. extractant

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