laugh something out of court

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.

Thesaurus: mocking and mockeryhyponym laughter and the sound of laughtersynonym
Main entry: laugh

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laugh sb/sth out of ˈcourt idiom
(BrE, informal) to completely reject an idea, a story, etc. that you think is not worth taking seriously at all

All his attempts at explanation were simply laughed out of court.

Main entry:laughidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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