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laughed in someone's face

laughed in someone's face is the simple past and past participle of laugh in someone's face.

Meaning of laugh in someone's face

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

Questions about laughed in someone's face

What is laughed in someone's face the simple past and past participle of?
Laughed in someone's face is the simple past and past participle of laugh in someone's face.

Words near laughed in someone's face in the dictionary

  1. laughed all the way to the bank
  2. laughed at
  3. laughed away
  4. laughed down
  5. laughed in one's sleeve
  6. laughed in someone's face
  7. laughed like a drain
  8. laughed off
  9. laughed on the other side of one's face
  10. laughed on the wrong side of one's face
  11. laughed on the wrong side of one's mouth

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