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play for laughs
Idioms and Phrases
see play for , def. 1.Example Sentences
Could the 鈥淭ill Eulenspiegel鈥 play for laughs a touch more?
Her prose doesn鈥檛 play for laughs, but humor stems from Bushnell鈥檚 pithy matter-of-factness.
It can play for laughs 鈥 a high school, pre-mustache Minshew chomping on peanut butter while watching his pals play baseball.
We see her taking the bus home one afternoon, and then falling afoul of a freak accident, which Soderbergh has the nerve to play for laughs.
The latter version of the character is easier to play for laughs, and maybe 鈥淜idding鈥 feels it needs all of those it can get.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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