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laugh all the way to the bank

laugh all the way to the bank verb: to make a large income easily, especially at the expense of others or by doing something that lacks significant merit or effort.

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. (idiomatic, intransitive) To make a large income easily, especially at the expense of others or by doing something that lacks significant merit or effort.
    • Ivan Boesky laughed all the way to the bank, as did Milken, as do most people who commit clever, non-violent crimes and fraudulently enrich themselves.1994, Taki, Nothing to Declare: A Memoir, →ISBN, page 212
    • Who cares if he's not funny? The venture capitalists behind Twitter will be laughing all the way to the bank.2009 September 16, “Twitter's Popularity: Users Love Stupid Content”, in Newsweek, retrieved 13 Apr 2015

laugh all the way to the bank meaning in Bengali

laugh all the way to the bank in Bengali

সহজেই প্রচুর আয় করা

Forms of laugh all the way to the bank

third-person singular presentlaughs all the way to the bank
present participlelaughing all the way to the bank
past participlelaughed all the way to the bank
pastlaughed all the way to the bank

Questions about laugh all the way to the bank

What does laugh all the way to the bank mean?
Laugh all the way to the bank means to make a large income easily, especially at the expense of others or by doing something that lacks significant merit or effort.
What is laugh all the way to the bank in Bengali?
Laugh all the way to the bank in Bengali is সহজেই প্রচুর আয় করা. See Laugh all the way to the bank meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is laugh all the way to the bank?
Laugh all the way to the bank is a verb.
What is the past tense of laugh all the way to the bank?
The past tense of laugh all the way to the bank is laughed all the way to the bank.

Words near laugh all the way to the bank in the dictionary

  1. Laugermans
  2. Laugeson
  3. Laugesons
  4. laugh
  5. laugh a minute
  6. laugh all the way to the bank
  7. laugh and grow fat
  8. laugh at
  9. laugh away
  10. laugh before breakfast, cry before supper
  11. laugh die me

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