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laugh off

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laugh off
vb
(tr, adverb) to treat or dismiss lightly, esp with stoicism he laughed off his injuries
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Verb1.laugh off - deal with a problem by laughing or pretending to be amused by it; "She laughs away all these problems"
laugh away
brush aside, brush off, discount, dismiss, disregard, ignore, push aside - bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances"
Translations
? laugh off
vt
always separate to laugh one’s head off → sich tot- or kaputtlachen (inf)
sep (= dismiss) → lachen über (+acc), → mit einem Lachen abtun


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Elinor looked surprised at his emotion; but trying to laugh off the subject, she said to him, "Do not you know my sister well enough to understand what she means?
Sense and Sensibility by Austen, Jane View in context
His sister tried to laugh off her feelings by saying, "Nothing amuses me more than the easy manner with which everybody settles the abundance of those who have a great deal less than themselves.
Mansfield Park by Austen, Jane View in context
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