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[later]

See: [SOONER OR LATER].

[later on]  {adv.}

Later; not now.

Finish your lessons. Later on, we may have a surprise.

[lather]

See: [IN A LATHER].

[laugh]

See:

[HE LAUGHS BEST WHO LAUGHS LAST],

[HAVE THE LAST LAUGH].

[laugh all the way to the bank]  {v. phr.}

To have made a substantial amount of money either by lucky investment or by some fraudulent deal and rejoice over one's gains.

* /If you had done what I suggested, you, too, could be laughing all the way to the  […]

[laughing matter]  {n.}

A funny happening; a silly situation. — Usually used with "no".

John's failing the test is no laughing matter!

* /We were amused when our neighbor's cat had five kittens, but when our own cat had six kittens it was no  […]

[laugh in one's beard]

See: [LAUGH UP ONE'S SLEEVE].

[laugh in one's sleeve]

See: [LAUGH UP ONE'S SLEEVE].

[laugh off]  {v.}

To dismiss with a laugh as not important or not serious; not take seriously.

He had a bad fall while ice skating but he laughed it off.

You can't laugh off a ticket for speeding.

Compare: [MAKE LIGHT OF].

[laugh one out of]  {v. phr.}

To cause another to forget his/her worries and sorrows by joking.