make sport of

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make sport of

/meɪ̯k spɔːɹt əv/ UK
/meɪ̯k spoɹt əv/ Canada, US
/mæɪ̯k spoːɹt əv/ Australia, New Zealand
/mek spoɹt əv/ Scotland
/meːk spoːɾʈ ov/ India

verb makes sport of · making sport of · made sport of

idiomatic To make fun of someone or something. I never heard him say a hard word about anyone, and it visibly grieved him when the rest of us made sport of our schoolmates, especially those with hopes of being published in Troubadour.
Similar: mock, ridicule, tease
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see make, sport, of.

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@misc{make_sport_of_2026,
  title = {make sport of},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/make%20sport%20of},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}