poke fun at

Idioms and Phrases

see under make fun of .

Example Sentences

Kimmel has long been critical of Trump, using his late-night spot to not just poke fun at the president-elect but to also share how the former reality TV star’s policies have impacted his personal life.

From Los Angeles Times

While former President Barack Obama was happy to poke fun at Trump's ramblings as incoherent "word salad" in recent stump speeches, Scarborough saw nothing funny in what Trump tells crowds.

From Salon

“We poke fun at that the egregious, unapologetic agents saying, ‘You’ve sold millions of records, but it’s time to do a reality show,’ ” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

"At the same time, you see a lot of mission-driven companies putting the pressure on consumerism as the answer to climate change, which has all sorts of paradoxes within it. We wanted to poke fun at that tension."

From Salon

The latter dishes out some of the funniest one-liners when the writers poke fun at his extreme loneliness working in isolation and the imaginary friends he’s built to cope.

From Los Angeles Times

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