laugh away

laugh away
phrasal verb laugh off or laugh away [transitive]
Word forms "laugh off":
present tense I/you/we/they laugh off he/she/it laughs off present participle laughing off past tense laughed off past participle laughed off
to joke about something in order to show that you think it is not important or serious

They just laughed off the rumours that they are getting married.


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  • laugh off — phrasal verb laugh off or laugh away [transitive] Word forms laugh off : present tense I/you/we/they laugh off he/she/it laughs off present participle laughing off past tense laughed off past participle laughed off to joke about something in… …   English dictionary

  • away — adv., adj., & n. adv. 1 to or at a distance from the place, person, or thing in question (go away; give away; look away; they are away; 5 miles away). 2 towards or into non existence (sounds die away; explain it away; idled their time away). 3… …   Useful english dictionary

  • To laugh down — Laugh Laugh, v. t. 1. To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule. [1913 Webster] Will you laugh me asleep, for I am very heavy? Shak. [1913 Webster] I shall laugh myself to death. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To express by, or utter with …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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