shrugged off

verb

Definition of shrugged offnext
past tense of shrug off
1
as in ignored
to dismiss as of little importance an administration that was willing to shrug off the problem

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2
as in removed
to rid oneself of (a garment) she shrugged off her coat and hung it up neatly

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shrugged off
  1. ignored
  2. removed
  3. explained
  4. put off
  5. justified
Verb
  • Instead of complying, the victim ignored the gun, refused to unlock the door and drove away, the sheriff’s office said.
    Mark Price, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Accusations of such crimes are often ignored, punished lightly or dismissed.
    Hurst Hannum, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of ignored
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  • Switching to Bournemouth removed Adams from the frenzy and bright lights that surround Leeds.
    Felipe Cardenas, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Though once common in the Atlantic, gray whales were hunted and removed from that ocean about 300 years ago—and only five or so have been seen in the last 15 years there and in the Mediterranean.
    Danielle Hall, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of removed
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  • In a press release that was translated from Hebrew to English, the university explained that the artifacts date back to the Hellenistic period.
    Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The 2025 Golden Globes, explained The past few years, they've also been photographed at events like the US Open Men's Final and Beyoncé's birthday concert in 2023.
    David Oliver, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of explained
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  • The largest conflagrations put off an intense heat, unbearable from even 50-feet away.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
  • But, as Modi shares, starting a company that didn’t have pure profit at heart put off some investors.
    Natasha Pearlman, Glamour, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of put off
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  • Scott, who considers Stiller both his boss and a friend, justified the show’s painstaking development process as necessary for quality control.
    Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The South Korean military regime justified its violence toward its own citizens by using the threat of North Korea as a rationale.
    Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
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