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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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``He's got the laugh down, he's very gentle and he's very caring - just like a Santa,'' Schneider said.
 
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