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laugh down

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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 Robert Herrick

He brought his hand with a laugh down upon Bertram's shoulders; but the laugh was forced, and, indeed, in all his look and manner there was painful unrest.

From Quisisana, or Rest at Last by Friedrich Spielhagen

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