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laugh in someone's face

laugh in someone's face verb: to not take someone seriously.

Verb

laugh in someone's face (third-person singular simple present laughs in someone's face, present participle laughing in someone's face, simple past and past participle laughed in someone's face)

  1. To not take someone seriously.
    • Like the one that I heard of from Jeremy Sissons
      Who said he, he moved near the motorway
      'Cause it was good for commuting
      And I laughed in his face because I, I thought he was joking2025, “Grown Ups”, in Jarvis Cocker (lyrics), More, performed by Pulp

Forms of laugh in someone's face

third-person singular presentlaughs in someone's face
present participlelaughing in someone's face
past participlelaughed in someone's face
pastlaughed in someone's face

Questions about laugh in someone's face

What does laugh in someone's face mean?
Laugh in someone's face means to not take someone seriously.
What part of speech is laugh in someone's face?
Laugh in someone's face is a verb.
What is the past tense of laugh in someone's face?
The past tense of laugh in someone's face is laughed in someone's face.

Words near laugh in someone's face in the dictionary

  1. laugh away
  2. laugh before breakfast, cry before supper
  3. laugh die me
  4. laugh down
  5. laugh in one's sleeve
  6. laugh in someone's face
  7. laugh like a drain
  8. laugh like a hyena
  9. laugh line
  10. laugh lines
  11. laugh machine

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