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laugh away

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laugh away
vb (tr, adverb)
1. to dismiss or dispel (something unpleasant) by laughter
2. to make (time) pass pleasantly by jesting
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Verb1.laugh away - deal with a problem by laughing or pretending to be amused by it; "She laughs away all these problems"
laugh off
brush aside, brush off, discount, dismiss, disregard, ignore, push aside - bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances"
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? laugh away
vt sep → mit Humor tragen, sich lachend hinwegsetzen über (+acc); my father laughed away my fears → mein Vater nahm mir mit einem Lachen die Angst
vi he sat there laughing away → er saß da und lachte und lachte


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Bulan was about to laugh away any such fears when the gravity and importance of the possibility impressed him quite as fully as it had Virginia.
The Monster Men by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
You laugh; laugh away, gentlemen, but only answer me: have man's advantages been reckoned up with perfect certainty?
Notes from the Underground by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
That will go a great way toward filling out the belt, so laugh away, Morgiana, and I'll go back to my work, or I never shall be done.
Eight Cousins by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
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