laugh off
verb
laughed off; laughing off; laughs off
: to minimize by treating as amusingly or absurdly trivial
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Pastrana first pitched the stunt to White at a Power Slap event, fully expecting to get laughed off.
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Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026
In a video from Reuters, Charles appeared to laugh off Stewart's comment and said something unintelligible before turning to shake hands with Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood, who also got a chuckle out of the exchange.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 12 May 2026
But his peers laughed off the idea, and not much changed over the succeeding decades.
—Alex Hutchinson, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026
There was talk about his short arm length, a knock that Bain has laughed off.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
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Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026
In a video from Reuters, Charles appeared to laugh off Stewart's comment and said something unintelligible before turning to shake hands with Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood, who also got a chuckle out of the exchange.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 12 May 2026
But his peers laughed off the idea, and not much changed over the succeeding decades.
—Alex Hutchinson, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026
There was talk about his short arm length, a knock that Bain has laughed off.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
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“Laugh off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/laugh%20off. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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