"laugh all the way to the bank" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-laugh all the way to the bank.ogg [Australia] Forms: laughs all the way to the bank [present, singular, third-person], laughing all the way to the bank [participle, present], laughed all the way to the bank [participle, past], laughed all the way to the bank [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} laugh all the way to the bank (third-person singular simple present laughs all the way to the bank, present participle laughing all the way to the bank, simple past and past participle laughed all the way to the bank)
  1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To make a large income easily, especially at the expense of others or by doing something that lacks significant merit. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive Categories (topical): Emotions Related terms: cry all the way to the bank
    Sense id: en-laugh_all_the_way_to_the_bank-en-verb-7u6If3GJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys

Inflected forms

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