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idiomcock a snook (at) BrEBrEto show by your actions or behaviour that you have no respect for a person or organization:By sailing his boat without a licence, Jack is not just cocking a snook at the authorities, he is putting himself and his passengers at risk.Tom Keating spent a lifetime cocking a snook at the art world by pretending that his copies of the old masters were originals.
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