hold (someone or something) up to ridicule
hold (someone or something) up to ridicule
To mock or deride someone or something. I know Gloria—she'll definitely hold you up to ridicule if you go to her black-tie event in anything but a tux.
See also: hold, ridicule, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
hold someone or something up to ridicule
Fig. to ridicule someone or something. They must stop holding Matt up to ridicule! Who do they think they are? She held up Donald to ridicule.
See also: hold, ridicule, up
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- hold up to ridicule
- ridicule
- hold (someone or something) up to scorn
- hold up to scorn
- rip on (someone or something)
- laugh at
- laugh at (someone or something)
- urine
- extract the urine (out of someone or something)
- make game of (someone or something)