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laugh off

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laugh something off
to treat a serious problem lightly by laughing at it. Although his feelings were hurt, he just laughed the incident off as if nothing had happened. He laughed off the incident.
See also: laugh
laugh off something also laugh something off
to act as if something is not important to you It's not easy to laugh off an insult. She criticizes his work constantly but he doesn't get angry, he just laughs it off.
See also: laugh
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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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