shrug off
verb
shrugged off; shrugging off; shrugs off
1
: to shake off
shrugging off sleep
2
: to brush aside : minimize
shrugs off the problem
3
: to remove (a garment) by wriggling out
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Examples of shrug off in a Sentence
an administration that was willing to shrug off the problem
she shrugged off her coat and hung it up neatly
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Alvarez latched onto a long ball forward by Griezmann, shrugged off a much bigger defender in Jonathan Tah, and then evaded another, Alejandro Grimaldo, to steer a low shot into the net.
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Dermot Corrigan, The Athletic, 7 Feb. 2025
Asia-Pacific markets traded mostly higher overnight, tracking gains on Wall Street Wednesday as investors shrugged off a week of trade turbulence.
—Jenni Reid,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 6 Feb. 2025
On Tuesday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum largely shrugged off Google’s move and suggested that her country would not abide by it.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 29 Jan. 2025
Chevron, which recently moved its headquarters from near San Francisco to Houston, continues to plow money into oil production, shrugging off concerns that demand will weaken as consumers shift to electric vehicles and cleaner energy.
—Stanley Reed, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
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Dermot Corrigan, The Athletic, 7 Feb. 2025
Asia-Pacific markets traded mostly higher overnight, tracking gains on Wall Street Wednesday as investors shrugged off a week of trade turbulence.
—Jenni Reid,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 6 Feb. 2025
On Tuesday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum largely shrugged off Google’s move and suggested that her country would not abide by it.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 29 Jan. 2025
Chevron, which recently moved its headquarters from near San Francisco to Houston, continues to plow money into oil production, shrugging off concerns that demand will weaken as consumers shift to electric vehicles and cleaner energy.
—Stanley Reed, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Shrug off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shrug%20off. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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