laugh off
verb
laughed off; laughing off; laughs off
: to minimize by treating as amusingly or absurdly trivial
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Watch Jutes and Lovato laugh off the roast in the video above.
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Shania Russell, EW.com, 16 Mar. 2025
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum initially laughed off Trump's order.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 3 Feb. 2025
Dr Doom—real name Nouriel Roubini—earned the moniker after his 2006 warning of a housing correction and oncoming recession, which was initially laughed off.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2024
While no one ever fully laughed off Windey this season, there was a clear sense that she and her fellow Bambis were not taken seriously.
—Alex Zaragoza, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2025
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Shania Russell, EW.com, 16 Mar. 2025
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum initially laughed off Trump's order.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 3 Feb. 2025
Dr Doom—real name Nouriel Roubini—earned the moniker after his 2006 warning of a housing correction and oncoming recession, which was initially laughed off.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2024
While no one ever fully laughed off Windey this season, there was a clear sense that she and her fellow Bambis were not taken seriously.
—Alex Zaragoza, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2025
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“Laugh off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/laugh%20off. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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