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laugh down

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laugh someone or something down
to cause someone to quit or cause something to end by laughing in ridicule. Her singing career was destroyed when the audience laughed her down as an amateur. The cruel audience laughed down the amateur singer. They laughed down the magic act also.
See also: laugh


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And there's no limit to the radiant blue sky providing a backdrop to the snowy mountain peaks, while the ever-present sun seems to laugh down mountain paradise.
You could always just ring him up if you'd heard a joke that day and he would just laugh and laugh down the phone with you.
IT seems British men most want to have a laugh down the pub, with cheeky chappies Ant and Dec topping a poll of the best celebrities to have a pint with.
 
 
 
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