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                           Phrase(s): laugh at someone or something  to chuckle or giggle loudly at someone or something, perhaps in ridicule.  •  Thank goodness, the audience laughed at all my jokes.  •  Don’t laugh at me! I’m doing my best!  •  Everyone laughed at the love scene because it was so badly done.
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
                        McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
                    
                    
                    
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                           Treat lightly, scoff at. For example, He said the other children all laughed at his jacket, or They stopped laughing at his theory when it proved to be correct. [Late 1300s]
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
                        American Heritage Idioms