brush aside
phrasal verb
brushed aside; brushing aside; brushes aside
: to treat (something) as not important : to ignore or dismiss (something)
He brushed aside questions about his son's arrest.
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The fact that he was condemned for actions that, just a few years ago, would probably have been brushed aside by producers hoping to bank off his celebrity, shows how far the industry has come in a relatively short time.
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Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2025
Company reps brushed aside that speculation, saying the company’s focus with this chipset is Chromebooks.
—Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 2 Apr. 2025
And yet, Colorado brushed aside a team fighting for its playoff life with relative ease in a 5-2 win against the Detroit Red Wings.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 26 Mar. 2025
For a rootless Scott Thorson (Matt Damon), getting cast to play the role of assistant/lover in this world was a dream come true, but his closeup view reveals Liberace’s determination to brush aside any ugliness in his life would bring pain and ultimately fail.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Brush aside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brush%20aside. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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