laughsomethingoff
phrasal verbwithlaughverb[I]uk/lɑːf/us/læf/
to make yourselflaughabout somethingunpleasantinorderto make itseemlessimportantorserious:
Shetriedtolaughofftheirremarks, but I couldseeshe washurt.
Treating as unimportant
- blow
- blowsomething/someoneoff
- brushsomeone/somethingaside
- chopped liver
- damn
- denigrate
- denigration
- front
- laugh
- leavesomethingat the dooridiom
- look down onsomeone
- minoritize
- never
- on the front burneridiom
- shrugsomethingoff
- skate over/aroundsomething
- sniff atsomething
- sweepsomethingaside
- talksomethingdown
- wave