take the piss

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#1·5h ago

To be outrageously unreasonable.

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#2·5h ago

To tease, ridicule or mock (someone).

You know, cos he was like taking the piss out of them and they took the piss out of him.

Origin: Possibly from piss-proud. In which case taking the piss out of would mean deflating their false pride, usually through disparagement or mockery. As the piss-proud metaphor became dated, taking the piss out of someone came to refer to disparagement or mockery itself, regardless of the pride of the subject. Eventually the shortened, intransitive form taking the piss became common. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#3·5h ago

To subject those present to teasing, ridicule or mockery, or to show contempt.

A lot of that stuff that people take the piss out of all the time is actually useful.

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