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laugh off
verb
(tr, adverb) to treat or dismiss lightly, esp with stoicism
he laughed off his injuries
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
News outlets are spreading Trump’s out-of-proportion response to something he could’ve just laughed off, while “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” just aired a parody song to the tune of “Macho Man” titled — what else?
"Farage is no longer someone we can just laugh off," a former Conservative cabinet minister told me.
And he transmits the inanity to his characters, who speak, move and act as if they are all part of a stage play that would get laughed off Broadway before previews have even ended.
The mishap was laughed off by Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, who revealed that she too had briefly been a member of the chat along with senior journalists, former cabinet members and other Tory MPs.
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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