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brush sth aside/off

Phrasal Verb with brush
 
 
/brʌʃ/ verb [T]

Definition

to refuse to think about something seriously: He brushed aside her suggestion.
(Definition of brush sth aside/off from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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