last laugh

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[laugh off] {v.} To dismiss with a laugh as not important or not serious; not take seriously. * /He had a bad fall while ice skating but he laughed it […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[laugh one's head off] {v. phr.}, {informal} To laugh very hard; be unable to stop laughing. * /Paul's stories are so wildly funny that I laugh my head off whenever […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[laugh up one's sleeve] or [laugh in one's sleeve] or [laugh in one's beard] To be amused but not show it; hide your laughter. * /He was laughing up his […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[have the last laugh] or [get the last laugh] {v. phr.} To make someone seem foolish for having laughed at you. * /Other schools laughed at us when our little […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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