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laugh down

British  

verb

  1. (tr, adverb) to silence by laughing contemptuously

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He added: "It's such a good laugh down here, with good people. They all look after each other."

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2024

“I’ve had a few whoppers of experiences recently,” Pugh says, breaking into a throaty laugh down the phone.

From The Guardian • Dec. 28, 2017

I tried to squeeze the rest of my laugh down.

From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis

When I hear him laugh down in the cellar, I always open the door and try to get the whole of it.

From Together by Herrick, Robert

Anne, not recognising the utterance of his helpless humanity, put that laugh down to the account of the devil that had insulted her.

From The Helpmate by Sinclair, May

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