hold up to ridicule



hold someone or something up to ridicule

Fig. to ridicule someone or something. They must stop holding Matt up to ridicule! Who do they think they are? She held up Donald to ridicule.
See also: hold, up

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Valentine (2)va-lawn-TEENFrench
Calogerakah-lo-JE-rahItalian
Deonte-African American (Modern)
Ganesh-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Bengali, Nepali
Conan-Irish
Ethelred-English (Archaic)