brush (aside or off)

verb

Definition of brush (aside or off)next
as in to ignore
to dismiss as of little importance brushed off their complaints as the whining of people who were never satisfied

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brush (aside or off)
  1. ignore
  2. forgive
  3. overlook
  4. explain
  5. paper over
  6. justify
  7. pardon
Verb
  • Get best-in-class reporting that's too important to ignore for just $2.50 $1 per month for 1 year.
    Jaina Grey, WIRED, 12 Jan. 2025
  • The macOS users who ignore this warning do so at their own peril.
    Davey Winder, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
Definition of ignore
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  • Not forgiven, but you were accorded a few more days to tidy up your elastic finances.
    Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Baseball seems to be moving toward forgiving the legends of the Steroid Era.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of forgive
Verb
  • Photo : Gabe Border A lofted office space has wraparound windows overlooking the mountains.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The picnic area, which has tables, grills, and bathrooms, overlooks the ocean and is especially lovely.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 17 Jan. 2025
Definition of overlook
Verb
  • This might mean using technology to help explain diagnoses or simply making sure communication is clear and thoughtful.
    Maged el-Malecki, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Honoring your own culture An effective way to navigate these conversations is by explaining to your child that their friend's hairstyle is a way of honoring their culture—and that your child can celebrate their own culture, too.
    Leslie D. Rose, Parents, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of explain
Verb
  • Still, for years, the Democratic Party’s drift away from the working class could be papered over.
    Jonathan Weisman, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2025
  • This book makes the case that there is a subtler iniquity in the sins of forgetting, in papering over, in moving in and moving on.
    Chloe Schama, Vogue, 25 Dec. 2024
Definition of paper over
Verb
  • In his book Orientalism, Edward Said famously revealed the ways that Western literature had depicted Arabs as exotic, backward, irrational, and in need of guidance—portrayals that served, consciously or not, to justify a colonial mindset toward them.
    Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Ignoring basic forest stewardship while crying ‘climate change’ is nothing more than a convenient excuse to justify inaction.
    Danielle B. Franz, National Review, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of justify
Verb
  • As Trump gears up to take office, he could only be pardoned by Democratic New York Governor Kathy Hochul, which seems unlikely.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Biden’s decision late last year to pardon his son Hunter Biden sparked speculation the president might issue preemptive pardons for allies ahead of the incoming Trump administration.
    Jackson Walker, Baltimore Sun, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of pardon
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“Brush (aside or off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brush%20%28aside%20or%20off%29. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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