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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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laugh off

He laughed off suggestions that he was going to resign. does laugh off contain laughing?
  

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Anonymous D oes "l augh of f" contain imply laughing? It's more likely to be metaphorical, but it could be literal.

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  • Anonymous D oes "l augh of f" contain imply laughing?
  • It's more likely to be metaphorical, but it could be literal.
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AnonymousDoes "laugh off" contain imply laughing?
It's more likely to be metaphorical, but it could be literal.
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I couldn't understand you.
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It may involve physical laughter, but it's more likely just to mean dismiss something and play down its importance.
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