laugh, shout, scream, etc. your head off
informalDefinition
C2 to laugh, shout, scream, etc. very noisily and for a long time: There I was lying face down on the pavement and you two were laughing your heads off!Sounds made by humans with their mouths
(Definition of laugh, shout, scream, etc. your head off from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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laugh noun
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laugh sth off phrasal verb
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laugh your head off idiom
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