"laugh down" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: laughs down [present, singular, third-person], laughing down [participle, present], laughed down [participle, past], laughed down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} laugh down (third-person singular simple present laughs down, present participle laughing down, simple past and past participle laughed down)
  1. (transitive) To cause to cease or desist by laughter. Tags: transitive Synonyms: outlaugh
    Sense id: en-laugh_down-en-verb-9n82JF3o
  2. (transitive) To cause to be given up on account of ridicule. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-laugh_down-en-verb-8DeJN8Uh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "down", Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "down": 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 86

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To cause to cease or desist by laughter."
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          "text": "to laugh down a reform"
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        "To cause to be given up on account of ridicule."
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        "(transitive) To cause to be given up on account of ridicule."
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        "To cause to cease or desist by laughter."
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        "(transitive) To cause to cease or desist by laughter."
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      ],
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        "(transitive) To cause to be given up on account of ridicule."
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