brush sb/sth aside

— phrasal verb with brush

/brʌʃ/ verb

Definition

› to refuse to consider something seriously because you feel that it is not important: She brushed their objections aside, saying "Leave it to me."Treating as unimportantNeglecting and ignoringNot paying attention

(Definition of brush sb/sth aside from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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