| VERB | motion | push aside, push away | push out of the way |
|---|---|---|---|
| communication | push aside, dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, ignore | bar from attention or consideration |
| Meaning | Push out of the way. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | push away | |
| Broader | push, force | Move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner" |
| Spanish | apartar, sacar | |
| Meaning | bar from attention or consideration. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, ignore | |
| Narrower | discredit | Cause to be distrusted or disbelieved |
| 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 |
| Spanish | descartar, desoír, destituir, excluir, ignorar | |
| Catalan | deixar de banda, descartar, destituir, excloure | |
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