laugh off

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laugh off

(tr, adverb) to treat or dismiss lightly, esp with stoicism: he laughed off his injuries.

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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"

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metterla sul ridere

w>laugh off

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?

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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.

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