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.”

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Meanings

verblaugh out of court (third-person singular simple present laughs out of court, present participle laughing out of court, simple past and past participle laughed out of court)

present singular third person laughs out of court · participle present laughing out of court · participle past laughed out of court · past laughed out of court

  1. idiomaticTo 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.

Translations

Finnish nauraa pihalle
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MLA

“laugh out of court.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laugh%20out%20of%20court. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “laugh out of court,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laugh%20out%20of%20court.

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