English > brush aside: 1 sense > verb 1, communication| Meaning | 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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