laugh off

English

Verb

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

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

   Synonym: laugh away

   Coordinate term: play off

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)
• Polish: obracać w żart impf, obrócić w żart pf
• Russian: отшу́чиваться (ru) impf (otšúčivatʹsja), отшути́ться (ru) pf (otšutítʹsja)