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laugh at
Idioms and Phrases
Treat lightly, scoff at. For example, He said the other children all laughed at his jacket , or They stopped laughing at his theory when it proved to be correct . [Late 1300s]Example Sentences
"It was a shocker," Allen says, now able to laugh at what was a "depressing" moment at the time.
Anna had laughed at the idea, saying it felt more like something you do when you're a hundred.
The reaction from the audience when Melissa has to put that knife back in her leg is so funny to me because people are screaming and laughing at the same time.
She performed at the first White House Correspondents Association dinner I ever attended and proceeded to make a crowd of politicians and reporters and their guests laugh at each other.
But, again, they are worth laughing at for their venal stupidity, empty reasoning, and sheer chutzpah in preaching the unbelievable to the unknowing and uncaring.
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