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laughing out of court

laughing out of court is the present participle and gerund of laugh out of court.

Meaning of laugh out of court

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.
    • The claim that his dog wrote the poems was laughed out of court by publishers.

Questions about laughing out of court

What is laughing out of court the present participle and gerund of?
Laughing out of court is the present participle and gerund of laugh out of court.

Words near laughing out of court in the dictionary

  1. laughing on the other side of one's face
  2. laughing on the wrong side of one's face
  3. laughing on the wrong side of one's mouth
  4. laughing one's ass off
  5. laughing one's head off
  6. laughing out of court
  7. laughing out of the other side of one's mouth
  8. laughing owl
  9. laughing owls
  10. laughing sickness
  11. laughing soup

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