sending up
Poking fun at
Sending up means mocking or parodying something, usually through exaggerated imitation: The sketch was sending up action movie clichés.
In British usage, sending someone up can also mean committing them to prison.
In American English, sending up often appears in the context of satire—a comedian sending up politicians, a film sending up its own genre.
- impersonateAssume another's identity
- taking offStarting upward flight
- dead ringerExact duplicate in appearance
- catapultingLaunching with sudden force
- lampoonHarsh public mockery
poking fun · making fun of · parody · comedy · satire · mockery · hoisting · burlesque · projecting · mimicry · spoof · tongue in cheek · propelling · launching · elevating · irony · caricature · farce
- mockerymockery, ridiculing, jeers, jeering, jibes
sending uphonoring
Recognizing with respect
celebrating · lauding · extolling · venerating · eulogizing
sending uprevering
Regarding with deep respect
lionizing · idolizing · glorifying · enshrining · putting on a pedestal
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