Usually means: Ridicule or undermine something seriously.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (make a mockery of)

verb:  (idiomatic, transitive) To mock; to ridicule or imitate, often to express contempt.
verb:  To give a bad name, to act in such a way as to bring ridicule upon that which one represents.
verb:  (idiomatic, transitive) To defeat easily, so as to show up as inadequate.

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