"laugh away" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: laughs away [present, singular, third-person], laughing away [participle, present], laughed away [participle, past], laughed away [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} laugh away (third-person singular simple present laughs away, present participle laughing away, simple past and past participle laughed away)
  1. (transitive) To dismiss (something) as unimportant. Tags: transitive Synonyms: laugh off#Verb
    Sense id: en-laugh_away-en-verb-BgaLq7nz Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English terms with collocations
  2. (intransitive) To pass the time with frivolous and amusing conversation. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-laugh_away-en-verb-ZAovLVy- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (away) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (away): 15 85

Inflected forms

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