take the michael

take the michael
vb
British
to mock, deride, poke fun at.
These expressions are milder versions of take the piss. Unbeknownst to most users, they employ rhyming slang; Mickey is short for a mythical 'Mickey Bliss', pro-viding the rhyme for piss. 'Michael' is a humorous variant. The phrases, like their more vulgar counterpart, have been in use since the 1940s.

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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