laugh away
Britishverb
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to dismiss or dispel (something unpleasant) by laughter
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to make (time) pass pleasantly by jesting
Example Sentences
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Which is why we should treasure love stories and laugh away people who call them useless or silly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
With song lyrics like, “Let’s have a passive-aggressive Christmas, because we’re all stuck here till we’re free,” it’s sure to help us all laugh away some of the challenges going into this season.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 18, 2021
They will laugh away the prices, the $16.95 sliced tomatoes that taste like 1979, the $229.80 porterhouse for four.
From New York Times ● Oct. 29, 2019
Even among those regal beagles, I have to laugh away.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 30, 2015
There were many sharp sallies from the crowd, for the New Englander is keen of wit, but the auctioneer ever had a ready rejoinder that turned the laugh away from himself, without causing ill-feeling.
From A Modern Wizard by Ottolengui, Rodrigues
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