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Difference between Have a laugh at someone and Have the laugh of someone

have a laugh at someonefind smb. amusing; ridicule a person:

  • You let them in to have a laugh at them or you let them in because you want to listen to what they’re saying.

have the laugh of someoneturn the laugh against smb.:

  • “Why, he always used to laugh at you as the dunce of the family!” “I know, and now I shall have the laugh of him, shan’t I?”