"rag on" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1998, Rafael Hermoso, “Spencer leads subs’ assault”, in New York Daily News, editor, Yankees ’98: Best Ever, page 93",
          "text": "Spencer knew his second homer—a two-run drive in the Yankee’s five-run eighth—was gone well before it landed in the second deck in left field.[…] “They were ragging on me because the first one was close,” Spencer said.",
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        {
          "ref": "2013, Jake Logan, Slocum and the Yellowstone Scoundrel",
          "text": "From back at the mill came the sounds of men laughing and joking about how dumb Joe Reese had been. ¶ Their humor disgusted him. Reese had been careless, and it had cost him his life. There wasn’t any call for them to rag on him now.",
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        "To ridicule, to make fun of (someone)."
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        "(chiefly US, Canada, transitive) To ridicule, to make fun of (someone)."
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  "word": "rag on"
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  "etymology_text": "Compare rag (“to tease, torment”).",
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        "singular",
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      "form": "ragging on",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    {
      "form": "ragged on",
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          "ref": "1998, Rafael Hermoso, “Spencer leads subs’ assault”, in New York Daily News, editor, Yankees ’98: Best Ever, page 93",
          "text": "Spencer knew his second homer—a two-run drive in the Yankee’s five-run eighth—was gone well before it landed in the second deck in left field.[…] “They were ragging on me because the first one was close,” Spencer said.",
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