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The phrase "make jokes at" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used when referring to the act of joking about someone or something, often in a teasing or mocking manner.
Example: "It's not nice to make jokes at someone's expense, especially in front of others."
Alternatives: "make fun of" or "poke fun at"
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We must never make jokes at their expense.
Readers on Italian gay websites were quick to make jokes at the cardinals' expense.
On network television funny women make jokes at their own expense.
Mostly, though, we were trying to make jokes at Romney's expense.
Fans and media rushed to make jokes at the Cardinals' expense.
On "The Late Late Show," the host, Craig Ferguson, rather than simply not make jokes at Charlie Sheen's expense, announced his decision to not make jokes at Mr. Sheen's expense (and inadvertently got a laugh in the process).
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He rarely makes jokes at Mr. Obama's expense (as Tim Pawlenty does).
Think of the father in "Life Is Beautiful," making jokes at the Nazi soldiers' expense for his little boy.
But making jokes at the expense of Judaism, or any faith, doesn't mean that I'm anti-religion.
Throughout the hour-long show, Mr. O'Brien dutifully made jokes at his own expense, thanking his studio audience for a long ovation.
JUDITH: that Harry!v making jokes at the altar AMY DAVIDSON: Perhaps the trees have something to do with Charles's organic farming.
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