shrug sth off

— Phrasal Verb with shrug

/ʃrʌg/ verb [I, T] (present participle shrugging, past tense and past participle shrugged)

Definition

› to not worry about something and treat it as not important: The team manager shrugged off criticism.

(Definition of shrug sth off from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

something which threatens to cause problems or unhappiness in the future

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