Meaning of British phrase,

Question: In "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" Harry therorizes that Hermione won't tell Ron or himself the identity of her date because he and Rone would, "Take the Mickey our of her if she did" Could some one tell me what this means?

Answer: It means to make fun of somebody take the mickey out of someone: to tease. Mickey represents Mickey Bliss, Cockney rhyming slang for piss. The expression then is a euphemism for take the piss.

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