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Date: 1900-2000
Origin: From the male name Mickey

mickey

 noun
     
mick‧ey

take the mickey (out of somebody)

British English informal to make someone look silly, often in a friendly way, for example by copying them or by pretending something is true when it is not:
He's always taking the mickey out of me.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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