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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In that regard, Nghe was tragically ahead of the curve according to Nguyen’s movie, showing the way freelancers are both leaned on and brushed aside as needed.
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Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2025
Connecticut Republicans brushed aside the concerns about local law enforcement being seen as an arm of federal immigration officials on Thursday.
—Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant, 23 Jan. 2025
His statement brushed aside evidence that dioxin was extremely hazardous to laboratory animals and had been shown in some research to be linked with a rare soft-tissue cancer in humans.
—Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
But the full Caucus brushed aside that recommendation — and the wishes of Pelosi, the Democratic leader who had broken with tradition to endorse Eshoo — to put the more senior Pallone in the seat.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 17 Dec. 2024
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Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2025
Connecticut Republicans brushed aside the concerns about local law enforcement being seen as an arm of federal immigration officials on Thursday.
—Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant, 23 Jan. 2025
His statement brushed aside evidence that dioxin was extremely hazardous to laboratory animals and had been shown in some research to be linked with a rare soft-tissue cancer in humans.
—Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
But the full Caucus brushed aside that recommendation — and the wishes of Pelosi, the Democratic leader who had broken with tradition to endorse Eshoo — to put the more senior Pallone in the seat.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Brush aside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brush%20aside. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
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