laugh off

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laugh off

verb laughs off · laughing off · laughed off

transitive To respond to (a negative situation) lightheartedly, as though it were a joke. […] The landowner, Gennaro Matrone, had a hunch that these were the remains of Pliny the Elder (the Younger wrote of his uncle’s body lying as if asleep on the day after the eruption), but his theory was laughed off in the press.
Similar: laugh away

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verb respond to a negative situation lightheartedly

한국어	웃다 utda
中文	一笑了之 yīxiàoliǎozhī, 一笑置之 yīxiàozhìzhī
Русский	отшу́чиваться otšúčivatʹsja, отшути́ться otšutítʹsja
Tiếng Việt	cười xoà

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@misc{laugh_off_2026,
  title = {laugh off},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/laugh%20off},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}