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laugh all the way to the bank en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To make a large income easily, especially at the expense of others or by doing something that lacks significant merit or effort.
    • Ivan Boesky laughed all the way to the bank, as did Milken, as do most people who commit clever, non-violent crimes and fraudulently enrich themselves. 1994, Taki, Nothing to Declare: A Memoir, →ISBN, page 212:
    • George Bancroft stars as ruthless stock manipulator Jim Bradford, who plays his customers for suckers and laughs all the way to the bank. 2010, Hal Erickson, “The Wolf of Wall Street (1929)”, in New York Times: Movies, retrieved 13 Apr 2015:
    • Who cares if he's not funny? The venture capitalists behind Twitter will be laughing all the way to the bank. 2009 September 16, “Twitter's Popularity: Users Love Stupid Content”, in Newsweek, retrieved 13 Apr 2015:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
laughing all the way to the bank Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
laughs all the way to the bank Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
laughed all the way to the bank Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
laughed all the way to the bank Tense=Past lexicographic

Relateds

cry all the way to the bank