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laugh off

verb

  1. tr, adverb to treat or dismiss lightly, esp with stoicism

    he laughed off his injuries

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Also, laugh away . Dismiss as ridiculous or trivial, as in He laughed off the suggestion that his career was over . [Early 1700s]
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While no one ever fully laughed off Windey this season, there was a clear sense that she and her fellow Bambis were not taken seriously.

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Almost 150 years later, Russian rumblings about wanting Alaska back were laughed off by the Biden administration.

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Trump’s bogus claims about his popularity in the Golden State could be laughed off if he hadn’t threatened tying wildfire relief to an overhaul of the state’s election system.

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The comments were laughed off by Littler, who is looking forward to renewing his rivalry with the three-time world champion Van Gerwen.

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But Hearn, who has promoted Joshua for the entirety of his professional career, laughed off the story, saying he has never witnessed Bakole "rock" Joshua in sparring.

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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