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brush something aside — DISREGARD, ignore, dismiss, shrug off, wave aside; overlook, pay no attention to, take no notice of, neglect, forget about, turn a blind eye to; reject, spurn; laugh off, make light of, trivialize; informal pooh pooh. → … Useful english dictionary
sweep something aside — DISREGARD, ignore, take no notice of, dismiss, shrug off, forget about, brush aside. → sweep * * * brush/sweep/cast/something aside phrase to refuse to consider or deal with something Railway companies brushed aside fears that staff cuts would… … Useful english dictionary
wave something aside — DISMISS, reject, brush aside, shrug off, disregard, ignore, discount, play down; informal pooh pooh. → wave * * * dismiss something as unnecessary or irrelevant he waved the objection aside and carried on * * * ˌwave sthaˈside/aˈway derived to… … Useful english dictionary
set something aside — 1 set aside some money each month: SAVE, put by, put aside, put away, lay by, keep, reserve; store, stockpile, hoard, stow away … Useful english dictionary
brush something aside — she brushed aside his repeated warnings Syn: disregard, ignore, dismiss, shrug off, wave aside; overlook, pay no attention to, take no notice of, neglect, forget about, turn a blind eye to, turn a deaf ear to; reject, spurn; laugh off, make light … Thesaurus of popular words
brush something aside — Syn: disregard, ignore, dismiss, shrug off, wave aside, reject, spurn, laugh off, make light of; informal pooh pooh … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
shrug off — verb minimize the importance of, brush aside (Freq. 1) Jane shrugged off the news that her stock had fallen 3 points • Hypernyms: ↑dismiss, ↑disregard, ↑brush aside, ↑brush off, ↑discount, ↑push aside, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
brush aside — verb bar from attention or consideration (Freq. 2) She dismissed his advances • Syn: ↑dismiss, ↑disregard, ↑brush off, ↑discount, ↑push aside, ↑ignore … Useful english dictionary
push aside — verb 1. push out of the way (Freq. 3) • Syn: ↑push away • Hypernyms: ↑push, ↑force • Verb Frames: Somebody s something Somebody s … Useful english dictionary
laugh something off — you have to just laugh off their stupid remarks Syn: dismiss, make a joke of, make light of, shrug off, brush aside, scoff at; informal pooh pooh … Thesaurus of popular words
