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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Thus far, the chair and his colleagues have brushed aside questions about the effect Trump’s initiatives could have on monetary policy, citing uncertainty over what is just talk now and what will become reality later.
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Jeff Cox, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2024
Altman, along with Bezos, has brushed aside concerns Musk would try to suppress his competitors with his growing influence in the political world.
—Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 13 Dec. 2024
That can just be brushed aside literally with a stroke of a pen.
—Leah Feiger, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
More recently, Walz brushed aside scrutiny of his handling of the protests.
—Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2024
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Jeff Cox, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2024
Altman, along with Bezos, has brushed aside concerns Musk would try to suppress his competitors with his growing influence in the political world.
—Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 13 Dec. 2024
That can just be brushed aside literally with a stroke of a pen.
—Leah Feiger, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
More recently, Walz brushed aside scrutiny of his handling of the protests.
—Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2024
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“Brush aside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brush%20aside. Accessed 7 Jan. 2025.
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