extract the Michael

verb

Synonym of take the mickey.

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take the mickey
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Meanings

verbextract the Michael (third-person singular simple present extracts the Michael, present participle extracting the Michael, simple past and past participle extracted the Michael)

present singular third person extracts the Michael · participle present extracting the Michael · participle past extracted the Michael · past extracted the Michael

  1. UKhumorousslangSynonym of take the mickey.

    We've had some fun this month extracting the Michael from the Software Editor. Playing on his kind, easy going temperament we handed him a copy of Firebird's Don't Buy This and persuaded him that it was a collection of megabrill games.

    1985, "Don't Buy This" (video game review) in Crash (issue 17, pages 46-47)

    Synonyms: take the mickey

Synonyms & antonyms

verbSynonym of take the mickey.

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take the mickey

Origin

Facetious alteration of take the mickey.

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APA

extract the Michael. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extract%20the%20Michael

MLA

“extract the Michael.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extract%20the%20Michael. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “extract the Michael,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extract%20the%20Michael.

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