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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Cannon brushed aside the speculation that Trump would elevate her to a higher judicial seat or to the U.S. Attorney General’s Office. Dan Mangan, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2024 This challenge cannot be addressed quickly, brushed aside or fully solved. Perry Carpenter, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024 The only positive that stood out — and it should not be brushed aside — was Williams did not commit a turnover. Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 9 Sep. 2024 Pushing back on reporters, at the time Scher often dissembled and appeared to brush aside concerns about what was clearly an increasingly out-of-control situation. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 19 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for brush aside 

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“Brush aside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brush%20aside. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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