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laughs in someone's face

laughs in someone's face is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 laughs in someone's face

What is laughs in someone's face the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Laughs in someone's face is the third-person singular simple present indicative of laugh in someone's face.

Words near laughs in someone's face in the dictionary

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

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