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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Cannon brushed aside the speculation that Trump would elevate her to a higher judicial seat or to the U.S. Attorney General’s Office.
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Dan Mangan, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2024
This challenge cannot be addressed quickly, brushed aside or fully solved.
—Perry Carpenter, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
The only positive that stood out — and it should not be brushed aside — was Williams did not commit a turnover.
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 9 Sep. 2024
Pushing back on reporters, at the time Scher often dissembled and appeared to brush aside concerns about what was clearly an increasingly out-of-control situation.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 19 July 2024
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Dan Mangan, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2024
This challenge cannot be addressed quickly, brushed aside or fully solved.
—Perry Carpenter, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
The only positive that stood out — and it should not be brushed aside — was Williams did not commit a turnover.
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 9 Sep. 2024
Pushing back on reporters, at the time Scher often dissembled and appeared to brush aside concerns about what was clearly an increasingly out-of-control situation.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 19 July 2024
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“Brush aside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brush%20aside. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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