[Idiom] laugh to scorn

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what is the meaning of laugh to scorn idioms?
 
Dictionary.Reference.com:
laugh to scorn: to ridicule; deride: Her good advice was laughed to scorn.

I have never heard or seen this used in the U.S.
 
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