laugh out of



laugh someone out of something

to force someone to leave a place by laughing in ridicule. The citizens laughed the speaker out of the hall. We laughed the city council out of the auditorium.
See also: laugh, of, out

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Timaeustie-MEE-əs (English)Ancient Greek (Latinized), Biblical Latin, Biblical
Kostya-Russian
FabianFAH-bee-ahn (German, Dutch), FAH-byahn (Polish), FAY-bee-ən (English)German, Dutch, Polish, History
Fouad-Arabic
Kerry['keri]
Asenneth-Biblical Greek