LAUGH OFF

Meaning of LAUGH OFF in English

{v.} To dismiss with a laugh as not important or not serious; not take seriously. * /He had a bad fall while ice skating but he laughed it off./ * /You can't laugh off a ticket for speeding./ Compare: MAKE LIGHT OF.

Dictionary of English idioms . Словарь английских идиом. 2012

LAUGH OFF — transitive verb Date: 1676 to minimize by treating as amusingly or absurdly trivial
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LAUGH OFF — transitive verb : to minimize by treating as amusingly or absurdly trivial officials laugh off these reports as nonsense — …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LAUGH OFF — dismiss casually, reject as trivial, disregard
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LAUGH OFF — Date: 1676 : to minimize by treating as amusingly or absurdly trivial
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LAUGH OFF — Function: transitive verb Date: 1676 : to minimize by treating as amusingly or absurdly trivial
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
LAUGH OFF — [laugh off] vt (1715): to minimize by treating as amusingly or absurdly trivial
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LAUGH OFF — If you laugh off a difficult or serious situation, you try to suggest that it is amusing and unimportant, for …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LAUGH OFF — If you ~ a difficult or serious situation, you try to suggest that it is amusing and unimportant, for example …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
LAUGH OFF — {v.} To dismiss with a laugh as not important or not serious; not take seriously. * /He had a bad …
Slang English vocab
LAUGH OFF — See ↑ WORRIED/WORRYING 9
Longman Activator English vocab
LAUGH OFF — not take seriously He laughed off the attempt of his boss to tell him that he should try and come …
English Idioms vocab
LAUGH OFF — v. To dismiss with a laugh as not important or not serious; not take seriously. He had a bad fall …
American Idioms English vocabulary
LAUGH OFF — отшутиться, отделаться смехом (от чего-л.) He was caught cheating, but tried to laugh it off. ≈ Его поймали на шулерстве, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LAUGH OFF — Отшутиться
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
LAUGH OFF — phr v отшутиться, отделаться смехом, шуткой ( от неловкости, смущения )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LAUGH OFF — отшутиться, отделаться смехом (от чего-л.) He was caught cheating, but tried to laugh it off. — Его поймали на шулерстве, …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
LAUGH OFF — phr v отшутиться, отделаться смехом, шуткой ( от неловкости, смущения )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
LAUGH OFF — phr v отшутиться, отделаться смехом, шуткой ( от неловкости, смущения )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
LAUGH OFF — отшутиться, отделаться смехом
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
LAUGH OFF — отшутиться, отделаться смехом
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
LAUGH OFF — отшутиться, отделаться смехом ( от чего-л. ) He was caught cheating, but tried to laugh it off. — Его поймали …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
LAUGH OFF — отшутиться, отделаться смехом (от чего-л.) He was caught cheating, but tried to laugh it off. — Его поймали на шулерстве, но …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
LAUGH OFF — отшутиться, отделаться смехом (от чего-л.); He was caught cheating, but tried to laugh it off.
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
LAUGH OFF — отшутиться, отделаться смехом (от чего-л.); He was caught cheating, but tried to laugh it off.
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
LAUGH OFF — отшутиться, отделаться смехом (от чего-л.)
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
LAUGH OFF — отшутиться
English-Russian Online Dictionary
LAUGH OFF — отшутиться
Англо-Русский словарь английских идиом
LAUGH OFF — отшутиться
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
LAUGH OFF — отшутиться, отделаться смехом (от чего-л.) He was caught cheating, but tried to laugh it off. ≈ Его поймали на шулерстве, …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
OFF
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LAUGH — I. ˈlaf, -aa(ə)-, -ai-, -ȧ-, -ä- verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English laughen, from Old English hliehhan, hlehhan, hlæhan; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OFF — /awf, of/ , adv. 1. so as to be no longer supported or attached: This button is about to come …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LAUGH — /laf, lahf/ , v.i. 1. to express mirth, pleasure, derision, or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OFF — I. ˈȯf adverb Etymology: Middle English of, from Old English — more at of Date: before 12th century 1. a. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LAUGH — I. ˈlaf, ˈläf verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hliehhan; akin to Old High German lachēn to laugh Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OFF — adv denoting opposition or negation. 2. off ·interj away; begone; a command to depart. 3. off ·adv in a …
Webster English vocab
LAUGH
Webster English vocab
LAUGH — [laugh] vb [ME, fr. OE hliehhan; akin to OHG lachen to laugh] vi (bef. 12c) 1 a: to show mirth, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OFF — / ɒf; NAmE ɔːf; ɑːf/ adverb , preposition , adjective , noun , verb ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LAUGH
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OFF — I. off 1 S1 W1 /ɒf $ ɒːf/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . away from a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LAUGH
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. --adv. 1 away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LAUGH — v. & n. --v. 1 intr. make the spontaneous sounds and movements usual in expressing lively amusement, scorn, derision, etc. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. adv. 1 away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LAUGH — v. & n. v. 1 intr. make the spontaneous sounds and movements usual in expressing lively amusement, scorn, derision, etc. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. --adv. 1. away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Oxford English vocab
LAUGH — v. & n. --v. 1. intr. make the spontaneous sounds and movements usual in expressing lively amusement, scorn, derision, etc. …
Oxford English vocab
OFF — The preposition is pronounced /ɒf, AM ɔ:f/. The adverb is pronounced /ɒf, AM ɔ:f/ Frequency: The word is one of …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LAUGH — ( laughs, laughing, laughed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. When you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OFF
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LAUGH
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LAUGH — [noun] [C]She let out a small laugh when she heard the noise."That's wonderful," Mitch said with a laugh (in his …
Cambridge English vocab
LAUGH — Synonyms and related words : Homeric laughter, be in heaven, be in stitches, be pleased, beam, belittle, belly laugh, blue …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
OFF — adj. sup off sup off or up back off blow off bring off buck off bug off bump off burn …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
LAUGH
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LAUGH — INDEX: 1. to laugh because something is funny 2. to laugh in a cruel or nasty way 3. to laugh …
Longman Activator English vocab
LAUGH — See ↑ LAUGH 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be a good laugh • ↑ be a laugh • ↑ can laugh …
Longman Activator English vocab
LAUGH — n. 25B6; verb he started to laugh excitedly : CHUCKLE, chortle, guffaw, giggle, titter, snigger, snicker, tee-hee, burst out laughing, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
OFF — 1. нареч. 1) указывает на отдаление, удаление от чего-л. He had to be off. ≈ Ему нужно было уйти. to …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LAUGH — 1. сущ. 1) смех, хохот to do smth. for a laugh (for laughs) ≈ делать что-л. ради смеха on the …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OFF — 1. ɒf n 1. положение «выключено» ( у приборов, выключателей и т. п. ) to be set at off - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LAUGH — laugh.ogg 1. lɑ:f n 1. смех on the laugh - смеясь, продолжая смеяться, со смехом to give a laugh - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
OFF — 1) второстепенный 2) выключенный 3) дальний 4) дальше отстоящий 5) незначительный 6) низкосортный 7) разъединенный 8) свободный • cast off the mooring rope — отдать причальный конец cut off a …
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