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don't make me laugh

don't make me laugh phrase: used to express that one cannot take a suggestion seriously.

Phrase

don't make me laugh

  1. (informal) Used to express that one cannot take a suggestion seriously.
    • Humiliated, Wood said, "I shouldn't have brought it up. I'll collect that money without you. Me and Carney will take care of the ranger."
      "Carney Blake? Don't make me laugh." Rose chuckled, his hand still extended for payment. "He's been down drunk all summer. He'll be lucky if he doesn't shoot...2006, Ralph Cotton, Gunfight at Cold Devil
    Synonyms:
    that's a laugh, that's a good one, you're having a laugh

Synonyms of don't make me laugh

Questions about don't make me laugh

What does don't make me laugh mean?
Don't make me laugh means used to express that one cannot take a suggestion seriously.
What part of speech is don't make me laugh?
Don't make me laugh is a phrase.

Words near don't make me laugh in the dictionary

  1. don't let the bedbugs bite
  2. don't let the door hit you on the way out
  3. don't look a gift horse in the mouth
  4. don't look at me
  5. don't look now
  6. don't make me laugh
  7. don't mention it
  8. don't mess with success
  9. don't mind if I do
  10. don't pass go
  11. don't pee in the wind and tell me it's raining

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