laugh away

English

Verb

laugh away (third-person singular simple present laughs away, present participle laughing away, simple past and past participle laughed away)

1. (transitive) To dismiss (something) as unimportant.

   Synonym: laugh off

   Coordinate term: play off

   laugh away the blues

2. (intransitive) To pass the time with frivolous and amusing conversation.

   We spent the evening just laughing away.