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1906 Munsey's Mag. Sept. 783/1 I thought if you'd come over and—and laugh it up a little bit.

1958 J. Weidman Enemy Camp ii. 220 You start laughing it up over those lunch boxes like all the rest of us around that ping-pong table so Shumacher won't get suspicious and start asking questions.

1986 New Yorker 2 June 104/2 It is hard to laugh it up when the question most frequently asked about the man you work for is whether he should resign his office.

2010 Times & Transcipt (New Brunswick) (Nexis) 9 Feb. d1 We get another chance to forget about the cold and dark of February and laugh it up with the Hubcap Comedy Festival.

1971 I. Haiblum Tsaddik of Seven Wonders 46 Laugh it up, pal, but wait till the king hears about this.

1980 R. Abbot Play on! ii. 58 That's it—laugh it up—we'll see just how funny you think this is tomorrow night!

1996 A. Fein et al. Simpsons Comics Strike Back! 51/1 Laugh it up, cue-ball! Learning the contents of this manual is all that stands between our career in the sky and life on earth with you.

2010 Northern Territory News (Darwin) (Nexis) 1 Mar. 23 Laugh it up jokers—you're all walking to the next gig.