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LAUGH AWAY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does laugh away mean?
• LAUGH AWAY (verb)
The verb LAUGH AWAY has 1 sense:
1. deal with a problem by laughing or pretending to be amused by it
Familiarity information: LAUGH AWAY used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deal with a problem by laughing or pretending to be amused by it
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
laugh away; laugh off
Context example:
She laughs away all these problems
Hypernyms (to "laugh away" is one way to...):
brush aside; brush off; discount; dismiss; disregard; ignore; push aside (bar from attention or consideration)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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