| English verb: laugh away | |||
| 1. | laugh away (communication) deal with a problem by laughing or pretending to be amused by it | ||
| Samples | She laughs away all these problems. | ||
| Synonyms | laugh off | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | brush aside, brush off, discount, dismiss, disregard, ignore, push aside | ||