English > brush aside: 1 sense > verb 1, communicationMeaning | bar from attention or consideration. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
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Synonyms | dismiss, disregard, brush off, discount, push aside, ignore |
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Narrower | discredit | Cause to be distrusted or disbelieved |
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disoblige | ignore someone's wishes / wishes |
laugh off, laugh away | Deal with a problem by laughing or pretending to be amused by it |
pass off | disregard |
scoff, flout | treat with contemptuous disregard |
shrug off | minimize the importance of, brush aside |
slight, cold-shoulder | pay no attention to, disrespect |
turn a blind eye | refuse / refuse to acknowledge |
Broader | reject | refuse to accept or acknowledge |
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Spanish | descartar, desoír, destituir, excluir, ignorar |
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Catalan | deixar de banda, descartar, destituir, excloure |
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