laugh off (English, verb)
expansion: laugh off (third-person singular simple present laughs off, present participle laughing off, simple past and past participle laughed off)
Senses:
glosses: To respond to (a negative situation) lightheartedly, as though it were a joke.
tags: transitive
Forms:
form: laughs off
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: laughing off
tags: participle
present
form: laughed off
tags: participle
past
form: laughed off
tags: past