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单词 laugh off
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laugh 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.
The couple laughed off rumours that their marriage was in trouble. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
Whilst I used to laugh it off, I'm now getting irritated by it. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
See full dictionary entry for laugh

laugh off in British English

verb
(tr, adverb)
to treat or dismiss lightly, esp with stoicism
he laughed off his injuries

laugh off in American English

to scorn, avoid, or reject by laughter or ridicule
See full dictionary entry for laugh

Examples of 'laugh off' in a sentence
laugh off

As if he'd picked up her change of mood he choked the laugh off.
Kerr, Katharine A TIME OF WAR
Much as he would have liked to laugh off what Jerry Brahms was saying, his instincts were telling him to be more cautious.
Clive Barker COLDHEART CANYON (2001)

Chinese translation of 'laugh off'

laugh off

vt

  1. [criticism, problem] 对(對) ... 一笑置之 (duì ... yī xiào zhì zhī)
See laugh

Nearby words of
laugh off

  • Latvian
  • laugh
  • laugh at
  • laugh off
  • laughable
  • laughter
  • launch

Related terms of
laugh off

  • to laugh/scream one's head off
  • laugh at
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