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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Verb | 1. | laugh off - deal with a problem by laughing or pretending to be amused by it; "She laughs away all these problems" brush aside, brush off, discount, dismiss, disregard, ignore, push aside - bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances" |
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w>laugh off
vt
always separate to laugh one’s head off → sich tot- or kaputtlachen (inf)
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