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take the Michael

take the Michael is the alternative form of take the mickey.

Meaning of take the mickey

Verb

take the mickey (third-person singular simple present takes the mickey, present participle taking the mickey, simple past took the mickey, past participle taken the mickey)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, idiomatic, intransitive, slang) To ridicule or mock someone; to make fun of someone.
    • Are you takin’ the mickey? You’ll get yer ’ead bashed in.

Forms of take the Michael

third-person singular presenttakes the Michael
present participletaking the Michael
pasttook the Michael
past participletaken the Michael

Questions about take the Michael

What is take the Michael the alternative form of?
Take the Michael is the alternative form of take the mickey.

Words near take the Michael in the dictionary

  1. take the liberty
  2. take the long view
  3. take the mask off
  4. take the matter into one's own hands
  5. take the meaning
  6. take the Michael
  7. take the mick
  8. take the mickey
  9. take the micky
  10. take the offensive
  11. take the pee

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Adapted from Wiktionary: take the Michael (page history and authors); take the mickey (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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