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Meaning of outlaugh | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To ridicule or laugh someone out of a purpose, principle, etc.; laugh down; discourage or put out of countenance by laughing.
  2. To laugh louder than, surpass in laughing.

Examples

“His apprehensions of being outlaughed will force him to continue in a restless obscurity. - Franklin”
“At his father's quick guffaw he jumped back, trying to outlaugh him. "Mamma, did you hear what I said, Mamma?" Boardman felt his side. "My boy, that's a good one."”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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