"laugh off" meaning in English

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      "form": "laughs off",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "laughing off",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laughed off",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laughed off",
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        "past"
      ]
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          "text": "Coordinate term: play off"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To respond to (a negative situation) lightheartedly, as though it were a joke."
      ],
      "id": "en-laugh_off-en-verb-LXjTA~gl",
      "links": [
        [
          "respond",
          "respond"
        ],
        [
          "negative",
          "negative"
        ],
        [
          "situation",
          "situation"
        ],
        [
          "lightheartedly",
          "lightheartedly"
        ],
        [
          "joke",
          "joke"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To respond to (a negative situation) lightheartedly, as though it were a joke."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "laugh away#Verb"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "english": "laugh and make the situation lighthearted",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yīxiàoliǎozhī",
          "sense": "respond to a negative situation lightheartedly",
          "word": "一笑了之"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "english": "dismiss with a laugh",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yīxiàozhìzhī",
          "sense": "respond to a negative situation lightheartedly",
          "word": "一笑置之"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "respond to a negative situation lightheartedly",
          "word": "weglachen"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "respond to a negative situation lightheartedly",
          "tags": [
            "with-allative"
          ],
          "word": "nauraa"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "respond to a negative situation lightheartedly",
          "word": "elnevet"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "utda",
          "sense": "respond to a negative situation lightheartedly",
          "word": "웃다"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "respond to a negative situation lightheartedly",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "obracać w żart"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "respond to a negative situation lightheartedly",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "obrócić w żart"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otšúčivatʹsja",
          "sense": "respond to a negative situation lightheartedly",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "отшу́чиваться"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otšutítʹsja",
          "sense": "respond to a negative situation lightheartedly",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "отшути́ться"
        }
      ]
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  "word": "laugh off"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "laughs off",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "laughing off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laughed off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laughed off",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "laugh off (third-person singular simple present laughs off, present participle laughing off, simple past and past participle laughed off)",
      "name": "en-verb"
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: play off"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To respond to (a negative situation) lightheartedly, as though it were a joke."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "respond",
          "respond"
        ],
        [
          "negative",
          "negative"
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        [
          "situation",
          "situation"
        ],
        [
          "lightheartedly",
          "lightheartedly"
        ],
        [
          "joke",
          "joke"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To respond to (a negative situation) lightheartedly, as though it were a joke."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "laugh away#Verb"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "laugh and make the situation lighthearted",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yīxiàoliǎozhī",
      "sense": "respond to a negative situation lightheartedly",
      "word": "一笑了之"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "dismiss with a laugh",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yīxiàozhìzhī",
      "sense": "respond to a negative situation lightheartedly",
      "word": "一笑置之"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "respond to a negative situation lightheartedly",
      "word": "weglachen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "respond to a negative situation lightheartedly",
      "tags": [
        "with-allative"
      ],
      "word": "nauraa"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "respond to a negative situation lightheartedly",
      "word": "elnevet"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "utda",
      "sense": "respond to a negative situation lightheartedly",
      "word": "웃다"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "respond to a negative situation lightheartedly",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "obracać w żart"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "respond to a negative situation lightheartedly",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "obrócić w żart"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otšúčivatʹsja",
      "sense": "respond to a negative situation lightheartedly",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "отшу́чиваться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otšutítʹsja",
      "sense": "respond to a negative situation lightheartedly",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "отшути́ться"
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  "word": "laugh off"
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