laugh off
verb
laughed off; laughing off; laughs off
: to minimize by treating as amusingly or absurdly trivial
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The expert earned the nickname Dr. Doom after his 2006 warning of a housing correction and oncoming recession, which was initially laughed off.
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2024
Bush Hager asked her co-host, who laughed off the interrogation.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024
Hudson first laughs off the idea before hearing Chicken Man’s persuasive reasoning.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 17 Sep. 2024
In particular, a moment Burrow appeared to be gingerly picking up a water bottle sparked speculation online about the nature of the injury, but the 27-year-old laughed off any injury concerns at a team press conference on Wednesday.
—Andy Scholes, CNN, 12 Sep. 2024
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2024
Bush Hager asked her co-host, who laughed off the interrogation.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024
Hudson first laughs off the idea before hearing Chicken Man’s persuasive reasoning.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 17 Sep. 2024
In particular, a moment Burrow appeared to be gingerly picking up a water bottle sparked speculation online about the nature of the injury, but the 27-year-old laughed off any injury concerns at a team press conference on Wednesday.
—Andy Scholes, CNN, 12 Sep. 2024
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“Laugh off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/laugh%20off. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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