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Meaning of laugh out of court | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To dismiss as silly something presented with genuine conviction or treated seriously.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Suomi nauraa pihalle

Examples

“The claim that his dog wrote the poems was laughed out of court by publishers.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

laugh to scorn laugh with laugh-cry laugh'd laughe laughed