Collocations for "mock"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "mock" in context.
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mock
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- mocked him for [wearing glasses, being short, having an accent]
- was mocked for [wearing glasses]
- mocked her about her [glasses, hair, look]
- mocked by [schoolmates, her friends, his coworkers, others, many, everybody]
- cruelly mocked [for, by]
- mocked their [idea, proposal, plan, decision]
- mocked and [laughed at, insulted]
- mocked her [gestures, accent]
- mocked the way he [spoke, looked, smelled]
- appeared to be mocking him
- don't mock (the afflicted)
- mock [the norm, attempts, democracy]
- mock (it) up with a [scanner, 3D printer]
- mock up a [design, model, proposal]
- a mock [copy, model, design] (of)
- a mock trial (for)
- a mock [invasion, battle, disaster]
- mock [screens, graphics, settings, tests]
- mock [cream, meat, bacon]
- [threw up her hands, yelled] in mock horror
- UK: are [taking, sitting, doing] their mock exams
- a mock- [Tudor, Georgian, Colonial] house
- UK: am taking my mocks this [semester, April]
- UK: got [poor, good, great] results on his mocks
- was making a mock of [others, the situation, their misfortune]
- make a mock of other people's [affairs, business, problems]
- made a mock of her [rival, adversary, opponent]
- made a mock-up of the [building, logo]
'mock' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):