verb
bar from attention or consideration (Freq. 2)
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She dismissed his advances
• Derivationally related forms: ↑brush-off (for: ↑brush off), ↑disregard (for: ↑disregard), ↑dismissive (for: ↑dismiss)
• Hypernyms: ↑reject
• Hyponyms:
↑slight, ↑cold-shoulder, ↑discredit, ↑shrug off, ↑pass off, ↑scoff, ↑flout, ↑turn a blind eye, ↑laugh off, ↑laugh away, ↑disoblige
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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Somebody ——s somebody
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brush aside
● brush
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ˌbrush a ˈside [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they brush aside he/she/it brushes aside present participle brushing aside past tense brushed aside past participle brushed aside] phrasal verb
to refuse to accept that something is important or true
The minister brushed aside accusations that he had lied.
Collocations
Nouns frequently used as objects of brush aside
Thesaurus: to refuse to think about, believe or accept somethingsynonym
Main entry: brush
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brush aside [phrasal verb]
brush (something) aside or brush aside (something) : to treat (something) as not important : to ignore or dismiss (something)
He brushed aside [=brushed off] questions about his son's arrest.
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Main Entry: ↑brush
Useful english dictionary. 2012.