"make a joke of" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: makes a joke of [present, singular, third-person], making a joke of [participle, present], made a joke of [participle, past], made a joke of [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|make<,,made> a joke of}} make a joke of (third-person singular simple present makes a joke of, present participle making a joke of, simple past and past participle made a joke of)
  1. Synonym of make light of Synonyms: make light of [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-make_a_joke_of-en-verb-jLujNzdX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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