laugh in someone's face

laugh in someone's face (third-person singular simple present laughs in someone's face, present participle laughing in someone's face, simple past and past participle laughed in someone's face)

1. To not take someone seriously.
   • 2025, “Grown Ups”, in Jarvis Cocker (lyrics), More, performed by Pulp:

     Like the one that I heard of from Jeremy Sissons
     Who said he, he moved near the motorway
     'Cause it was good for commuting
     And I laughed in his face because I, I thought he was joking

• “laugh in someone's face”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.