LAUGH OFF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does laugh off mean? 

• LAUGH OFF (verb)
  The verb LAUGH OFF has 1 sense:

1. deal with a problem by laughing or pretending to be amused by it

  Familiarity information: LAUGH OFF used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAUGH OFF (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deal with a problem by laughing or pretending to be amused by it

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

laugh away; laugh off

Context example:

She laughs away all these problems

Hypernyms (to "laugh off" is one way to...):

brush aside; brush off; discount; dismiss; disregard; ignore; push aside (bar from attention or consideration)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

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 Jane Austen)

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 Jane Austen)