laugh up one's sleeve

A form of laugh in one's sleeve — to laugh in secret or to oneself, usually gloatingly

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Meanings

verblaugh up one's sleeve (third-person singular simple present laughs up one's sleeve, present participle laughing up one's sleeve, simple past and past participle laughed up one's sleeve)

present singular third person laughs up one's sleeve · participle present laughing up one's sleeve · participle past laughed up one's sleeve · past laughed up one's sleeve

  1. CanadaUKalternativeidiomaticAlternative form of laugh in one's sleeve.
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APA

laugh up one's sleeve. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laugh%20up%20one's%20sleeve

MLA

“laugh up one's sleeve.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laugh%20up%20one's%20sleeve. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “laugh up one's sleeve,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laugh%20up%20one's%20sleeve.

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