"laugh out of court" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: laughs out of court [present, singular, third-person], laughing out of court [participle, present], laughed out of court [participle, past], laughed out of court [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} laugh out of court (third-person singular simple present laughs out of court, present participle laughing out of court, simple past and past participle laughed out of court)
  1. (idiomatic) To dismiss as silly something presented with genuine conviction or treated seriously. Tags: idiomatic Translations (Translations): nauraa pihalle (Finnish)

Inflected forms

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