laugh it off
1laugh something off — DISMISS, make a joke of, make light of, shrug off, brush aside, scoff at; informal pooh pooh. → laugh * * * ˌlaugh sthˈoff derived (informal) to try to make people think that sth is not serious or important, especially by making a joke about it • …
2laugh it off — laugh about an insult, be cool when you are cheated The crowd booed him when he scored, but he just laughed it off …
3laugh something off — you have to just laugh off their stupid remarks Syn: dismiss, make a joke of, make light of, shrug off, brush aside, scoff at; informal pooh pooh …
4laugh something off — dismiss something by treating it in a light hearted way. → laugh …
5laugh something off — Syn: dismiss, make a joke of, make light of, shrug off, brush aside, scoff at; informal pooh pooh …
6ˌlaugh sth ˈoff — phrasal verb to joke about something in order to show that you think that it is not important or serious …
7laugh off — verb deal with a problem by laughing or pretending to be amused by it (Freq. 1) She laughs away all these problems • Syn: ↑laugh away • Hypernyms: ↑dismiss, ↑disregard, ↑brush aside, ↑ …
8laugh — 1 verb 1 MAKE SOUND (I) to make the sounds and movements of the face that people make when they think something is funny: Jonathan kept pulling funny faces at me, and I couldn t stop laughing. (+ at/about): I couldn t understand why they were all …
9laugh*/*/*/ — [lɑːf] verb I 1) to make the noise with your voice that shows that you think that something is funny We talked and laughed late into the night.[/ex] The audience didn t laugh at his jokes.[/ex] They were still laughing about the experience years… …
10laugh off — PHRASAL VERB If you laugh off a difficult or serious situation, you try to suggest that it is amusing and unimportant, for example by making a joke about it. [V P n (not pron)] The couple laughed off rumours that their marriage was in trouble...… …
