sweep aside
phrasal verb
swept aside; sweeping aside; sweeps aside
: to treat (something) as not important : to ignore (something)
He swept aside questions about his son's arrest.
He swept aside their objections, refusing to change his plans.
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Zhao had swept aside seven-time winner Ronnie O’Sullivan in the semi-finals to set up what was billed as the coronation of a new snooker king.
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Reuters, CNN Money, 5 May 2025
Southampton lost their next game to Aston Villa and were then swept aside in a 5-0 drubbing against Tottenham Hotspur at St Mary’s.
—Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
The past holds many examples of great change: regimes ending, monarchies becoming republics, whole civilizations vanishing, ways of managing relations between peoples and states swept aside, to be replaced by new ones.
—Margaret MacMillan, The Atlantic, 30 Apr. 2025
But Wrexham now stand alone after Charlton Athletic were swept aside via a double from Sam Smith and Ollie Rathbone’s eighth goal of the season, putting the midfielder level with Steven Fletcher at the top of the club’s scoring charts.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
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Reuters, CNN Money, 5 May 2025
Southampton lost their next game to Aston Villa and were then swept aside in a 5-0 drubbing against Tottenham Hotspur at St Mary’s.
—Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
The past holds many examples of great change: regimes ending, monarchies becoming republics, whole civilizations vanishing, ways of managing relations between peoples and states swept aside, to be replaced by new ones.
—Margaret MacMillan, The Atlantic, 30 Apr. 2025
But Wrexham now stand alone after Charlton Athletic were swept aside via a double from Sam Smith and Ollie Rathbone’s eighth goal of the season, putting the midfielder level with Steven Fletcher at the top of the club’s scoring charts.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
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“Sweep aside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sweep%20aside. Accessed 26 May. 2025.
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