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laughs out of court

laughs out of court is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 laughs out of court

What is laughs out of court the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Laughs out of court is the third-person singular simple present indicative of laugh out of court.

Words near laughs out of court in the dictionary

  1. laughs on the other side of one's face
  2. laughs on the wrong side of one's face
  3. laughs on the wrong side of one's mouth
  4. laughs one's ass off
  5. laughs one's head off
  6. laughs out of court
  7. laughs out of the other side of one's mouth
  8. laughs to scorn
  9. laughs up one's sleeve
  10. laughs with
  11. laughsmith

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