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Take the mickey in an elevating way? (4,2)

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send up

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'take' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for send up that I've seen before include "Satirise" , "Mock?" , "Parody (of something)" , "Ridicule with satire" , "skit" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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