laugh off

English

Verb

laugh off (third-person singular simple present laughs off, present participle laughing off, simple past and past participle laughed off)

(transitive) To respond to a negative situation lightheartedly, as though it were a joke.

Translations

respond to a negative situation lightheartedly

Chinese:
Mandarin: (laugh and make the situation lighthearted) 一笑了之 (zh) (yīxiàoliǎozhī), (dismiss with a laugh) 一笑置之 (zh) (yīxiàozhìzhī)
Dutch: weglachen (nl)
Finnish: nauraa (fi) (+ allative)
Hungarian: elnevet (hu)
Korean: 웃다 (ko) (utda)
Russian: отшу́чиваться (ru) impf (otšúčivatʹsja), отшути́ться (ru) pf (otšutítʹsja)

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