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to laugh off
[phrase form: laugh]
01
to make something seem less serious by joking about it
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
action verb
regular
separable
particle
off
base verb
laugh
present tense
laugh off
3rd person singular
laughs off
present participle
laughing off
past simple
laughed off
past participle
laughed off
Examples
The politician laughed off the accusations of corruption, saying that they were nothing more than a smear campaign.
