laugh off

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Verb

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laugh off (third-person singular simple present laughs off, present participle laughing off, simple past and past participle laughed off)

  1. (transitive) To respond to (a negative situation) lightheartedly, as though it were a joke.
    Synonym: laugh away
    Coordinate term: play off

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