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took the mickey

took the mickey is the simple past 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.

Questions about took the mickey

What is took the mickey the simple past of?
Took the mickey is the simple past of take the mickey.

Words near took the mickey in the dictionary

  1. took the long view
  2. took the mask off
  3. took the meaning
  4. took the Michael
  5. took the mick
  6. took the mickey
  7. took the micky
  8. took the offensive
  9. took the pee
  10. took the piss
  11. took the place of

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