make sport of
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as in ridicule
to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter
The commentator often makes sport of the fashion choices of the famous.
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make fun of
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Elle is a bright pink fish out of water, overlooked and made fun of by her intellectual peers in flannel shirts and dark sweaters, who see her as a ditzy airhead beneath them.
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Meadors remembers opposing fans making fun of them during every road game.
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“Make sport of.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/make%20sport%20of. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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