Usually means: Treat seriously subject with levity.
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  1. make light of: Merriam-Webster
  2. make light of, make light of: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. make light of: Collins English Dictionary
  4. make light of: Wiktionary
  5. make light of: Dictionary.com
  6. make light of: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. make light of: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. make light of: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (make light of)

verb:  (idiomatic) To regard without due seriousness; to joke about.

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