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— Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

…

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verb

To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust.

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Dictionary Entry

make light of

Part of Speechverb

To regard without due seriousness; to joke about.

In a Sentence

“I wish you wouldn't make light of the matter, when it obviously means a great deal to him.”

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Synonyms

take lightly

Antonyms

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Related Words

make fun ofjoketake a jokejoke aroundlaughlaugh awayjestgoof on

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