brush aside
phrasal verb
brushed aside; brushing aside; brushes aside
: to treat (something) as not important : to ignore or dismiss (something)
He brushed aside questions about his son's arrest.
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Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has brushed aside accusations that his police forces used a military-grade LRAD (Long Range Acoustic Devices) cannon against a crowd of hundreds of thousands of anti-government protesters in the capital on Saturday.
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David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
Starmer has thus far brushed aside calls for the visit to be canceled, while Buckingham Palace declined to comment on the status of the invitation, the New York Times said.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2025
That December mini-lull has been casually brushed aside, and Kristaps Porziņģis has been reintegrated.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
The judge in his case had brushed aside his lawyers’ arguments and his friends’ appeals for leniency.
—Noah Shachtman, WIRED, 25 Feb. 2025
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David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
Starmer has thus far brushed aside calls for the visit to be canceled, while Buckingham Palace declined to comment on the status of the invitation, the New York Times said.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2025
That December mini-lull has been casually brushed aside, and Kristaps Porziņģis has been reintegrated.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
The judge in his case had brushed aside his lawyers’ arguments and his friends’ appeals for leniency.
—Noah Shachtman, WIRED, 25 Feb. 2025
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“Brush aside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brush%20aside. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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