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Idiom
To make light of something.
To treat something as if it were trivial or unimportant.
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Camp Miliband has effectively admitted as much by making light of the leader's presentational weaknesses.
But by making light of death, he makes us complicit in the same savagery that drives the purgers.
Now it's putting its reputation at stake by making light of just what distinguishes itself from the pack, and doing it with some real ingenuity.
By making light of that deep and troubled history, he showed that he believed we were at a point where we could laugh about it all.
Mr Bush began his 45-minute press conference by making light of his fabled tendency to mash up words and mangle sentences.
Shriver began by making light of a recent incident in the US, where students faced prosecution for what was argued by some as "casual racial and ethnic stereotyping and cultural insensitivity" at a Mexican-themed party.
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Quite simply, and without needing a script, he knows just how to get the serious message across -- often by making light out of how to lighten our carbon footprint.
Make no mistake: the show really is a contemplation of end times by an artist making light of her own deep sense of foreboding.
In the video above, Hutcherson introduces the campaign's mission by poking fun and making light of the issue.
CANNON FODDER A British-made game from 1993, Cannon Fodder was criticised by tabloids at the time for making light of war.
I'm not making light of the cows by the way.
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