The committee laughed the suggestion out of court.
•Bob's request for a large salary increase was laughed out of court.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
laugh something out of court — laugh someone/something out of court phrase if you laugh someone or something out of court, you show them that you think their ideas or suggestions are very silly Anyone who made claims like that these days would be laughed out of court.… … Useful english dictionary
laugh something out of court — laugh (something/someone) out of court to refuse to think seriously about an idea, belief or a possibility. At the meeting, her proposal was laughed out of court. (usually passive) Anyone who had made such a ludicrous suggestion would have been… … New idioms dictionary
laugh someone out of court — see under ↑laugh • • • Main Entry: ↑court laugh someone out of court To prevent someone getting a hearing by ridicule • • • Main Entry: ↑laugh * * * laugh someone/something out of court phrase if you laugh someone or something out of court, you… … Useful english dictionary
laugh someone out of court — laugh (something/someone) out of court to refuse to think seriously about an idea, belief or a possibility. At the meeting, her proposal was laughed out of court. (usually passive) Anyone who had made such a ludicrous suggestion would have been… … New idioms dictionary
laugh someone/something out of court — dismiss with contempt as being obviously ridiculous … Useful english dictionary
laugh out of court — laugh (something/someone) out of court to refuse to think seriously about an idea, belief or a possibility. At the meeting, her proposal was laughed out of court. (usually passive) Anyone who had made such a ludicrous suggestion would have been… … New idioms dictionary
laugh out of court — verb To dismiss as silly something presented with genuine conviction or treated seriously. The claim that his dog wrote the poems was laughed out of court by publishers … Wiktionary
laugh someone/thing out of court — dismiss someone or something with contempt as being obviously ridiculous. → laugh … English new terms dictionary
laugh — I UK [lɑːf] / US [læf] verb [intransitive] Word forms laugh : present tense I/you/we/they laugh he/she/it laughs present participle laughing past tense laughed past participle laughed *** Other ways of saying laugh: giggle to laugh in a nervous… … English dictionary
court — I [[t]kɔ͟ː(r)t[/t]] NOUN USES ♦ courts 1) N COUNT: oft n N, N n, also in/at N A court is a place where legal matters are decided by a judge and jury or by a magistrate. At this rate, we could find ourselves in the divorce courts! ...a county… … English dictionary
laugh — [[t]lɑ͟ːf, læ̱f[/t]] ♦ laughs, laughing, laughed 1) VERB When you laugh, you make a sound with your throat while smiling and show that you are happy or amused. People also sometimes laugh when they feel nervous or are being unfriendly. He was… … English dictionary
