shrug off
verb
shrugged off; shrugging off; shrugs off
1
: to shake off
shrugging off sleep
2
: to brush aside : minimize
shrugs off the problem
3
: to remove (a garment) by wriggling out
Examples of shrug off in a Sentence
an administration that was willing to shrug off the problem
she shrugged off her coat and hung it up neatly
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And forward Michael Porter Jr. shrugged off a brutal shooting slump to go 6 of 8 from deep against the Bucks.
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Luca Evans, Denver Post, 27 Mar. 2025
Investors mostly shrugged off the Conference Board’s March consumer confidence index, which dropped to a 12-year low of 92.9.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025
For the most part, the market shrugged off another sign of falling consumer sentiment.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2025
Admittedly, that’s a really funny way to shrug off the repetition.
—Scott McRae, Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2025
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Luca Evans, Denver Post, 27 Mar. 2025
Investors mostly shrugged off the Conference Board’s March consumer confidence index, which dropped to a 12-year low of 92.9.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025
For the most part, the market shrugged off another sign of falling consumer sentiment.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2025
Admittedly, that’s a really funny way to shrug off the repetition.
—Scott McRae, Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for shrug off
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“Shrug off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shrug%20off. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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