laugh away
laugh away · laughs away · laughed away · laughing away
To dismiss as unimportantTo dismiss (something) as unimportant.
» You can't just laugh it away.
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6 sentencesYou can't just laugh it away.
The little girl laughed her tears away.
He laughed the matter away.
Meaning
2 senses(humorous, sarcastic, transitive)To dismiss (something) as unimportant.
laugh away the blues
(humorous, intransitive, sarcastic)To pass the time with frivolous and amusing conversation.
We spent the evening just laughing away.
More definitions
- deal with a problem by laughing or pretending to be amused by it
Forms
laughs away, laughing away, laughed away, laughed awayirregular
| Base form | laugh away · to laugh away |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | laughs away |
| Present participle | laughing away |
| Past simple | laughed away |
| Past participle | laughed away |
Tenses
laugh away · laughed away · will laugh away · have laughed awayPoint at a form to see it in a sentence.Tap a form to see it in a sentence.
Phrasal verbs
4 phrasal verbs- laugh offотшучиваться, отшутитьсяobracać w żart, obrócić w żartTo respond to (a negative situation) lightheartedly, as though it were a joke.
- laugh awayTo dismiss (something) as unimportant.
- laugh withTo laugh along with someone in a friendly way; to laugh at someone's jokes; to enjoy humor in a way that is friendly and enjoyable to the person responsible for the humor; usually contrasted with laugh at.
- laugh downTo cause to cease or desist by laughter.
Synonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb
See also
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