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1 afdoen
2 [wegnemen] take off4 [betalen] settle♦voorbeelden:2 〈 figuurlijk〉 zijn armoede deed niets af aan zijn waardigheid • his poverty did not detract from his dignity〈 figuurlijk〉 dat doet niets af aan het feit dat … • that doesn't alter the fact that …hij heeft voorgoed bij mij afgedaan • I'm through with himiets van de prijs afdoen • knock a bit off the price, come down a bit (in price)die zaak is afgedaan • that business is over and done withdaarmee is dat afgedaan • that is the end of thatiets afdoen met een lachertje • laugh something offhet laatste agendapunt werd met een paar woorden afgedaan • the last item on the agenda was disposed of in a few wordsde schade onderhands afdoen • settle the damages out of court -
2 grapje
♦voorbeelden:maak er maar een grapje van • 〈 letterlijk〉 just treat it as a joke; 〈 terechtwijzing〉 this is no laughing matterze maakte maar een grapje • she was only jokingiets met een grapje afdoen • shrug something off with a joke, laugh something offkun je niet tegen een grapje? • can't you take a joke? -
3 iets met een grapje afdoen
iets met een grapje afdoenshrug something off with a joke, laugh something offVan Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > iets met een grapje afdoen
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4 iets afdoen met een lachertje
iets afdoen met een lachertjeVan Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > iets afdoen met een lachertje
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laugh something off — DISMISS, make a joke of, make light of, shrug off, brush aside, scoff at; informal pooh pooh. → laugh * * * ˌlaugh sthˈoff derived (informal) to try to make people think that sth is not serious or important, especially by making a joke about it • … Useful english dictionary
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ˌlaugh sth ˈoff — phrasal verb to joke about something in order to show that you think that it is not important or serious … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
laugh off — verb deal with a problem by laughing or pretending to be amused by it (Freq. 1) She laughs away all these problems • Syn: ↑laugh away • Hypernyms: ↑dismiss, ↑disregard, ↑brush aside, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
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laugh — 1. verb 1) Norma started to laugh excitedly Syn: chuckle, chortle, guffaw, cackle, giggle, titter, twitter, snigger, snicker, yuk, tee hee, burst out laughing, roar/hoot/howl with laughter, crack up, dissolve into laughter, split one s sides … Thesaurus of popular words
laugh — 1. verb he started to laugh Syn: chuckle, chortle, guffaw, giggle, titter, snigger, roar, hoot with laughter, split one s sides; informal be in stitches, be rolling in the aisles, crease up, fall about, crack up; Brit.; informal kill oneself 2.… … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
laugh — 1 verb 1 MAKE SOUND (I) to make the sounds and movements of the face that people make when they think something is funny: Jonathan kept pulling funny faces at me, and I couldn t stop laughing. (+ at/about): I couldn t understand why they were all … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
laugh*/*/*/ — [lɑːf] verb I 1) to make the noise with your voice that shows that you think that something is funny We talked and laughed late into the night.[/ex] The audience didn t laugh at his jokes.[/ex] They were still laughing about the experience years… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
