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laughs on the wrong side of one's face

laughs on the wrong side of one's face is the third-person singular simple present indicative of laugh on the wrong side of one's face.

Meaning of laugh on the wrong side of one's face

Verb

laugh on the wrong side of one's face (third-person singular simple present laughs on the wrong side of one's face, present participle laughing on the wrong side of one's face, simple past and past participle laughed on the wrong side of one's face)

  1. Synonym of laugh on the other side of one's face.
    • Socialism? Ha! ha! ha! Where’s the money to come from? Ha! ha! ha!... Hitler will at any rate go down in history as the man who made the City of London laugh on the wrong side of its face. For the first time in their lives the comfortable were uncomfortable, the professional optimists had to admit...1941, George Orwell, The Lion and the Unicorn, Pt. II

Questions about laughs on the wrong side of one's face

What is laughs on the wrong side of one's face the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Laughs on the wrong side of one's face is the third-person singular simple present indicative of laugh on the wrong side of one's face.

Words near laughs on the wrong side of one's face in the dictionary

  1. laughs in one's sleeve
  2. laughs in someone's face
  3. laughs like a drain
  4. laughs off
  5. laughs on the other side of one's face
  6. laughs on the wrong side of one's face
  7. laughs on the wrong side of one's mouth
  8. laughs one's ass off
  9. laughs one's head off
  10. laughs out of court
  11. laughs out of the other side of one's mouth

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