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made sport of

made sport of is the simple past and past participle of make sport of.

Meaning of make sport of

Verb

make sport of (third-person singular simple present makes sport of, present participle making sport of, simple past and past participle made sport of)

  1. (idiomatic) To make fun of someone or something.
    • I never heard him say a hard word about anyone, and it visibly grieved him when the rest of us made sport of our schoolmates, especially those with hopes of being published in Troubadour.2003, Tobias Wolff, “Class Picture”, in Old School: a novel, 1st edition (fiction), quoted in Merriam-Webster, New York City, NY: Alfred A[braham]. Knopf, published 2003, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL...
    Synonyms:
    mock, ridicule, tease
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see make, sport, of.

Questions about made sport of

What is made sport of the simple past and past participle of?
Made sport of is the simple past and past participle of make sport of.

Words near made sport of in the dictionary

  1. made someone's teeth itch
  2. made someone's toenails curl
  3. made someone's toes curl
  4. made something of
  5. made something of oneself
  6. made sport of
  7. made strange
  8. made streaks
  9. made strides
  10. made sure
  11. made terms

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