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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However, when asked if Holmes might be a candidate to be removed from the rotation as well, manager Carlos Mendoza brushed aside the question after the eventual 13-5 Mets win on Tuesday.
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Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
They were comfortably brushed aside by France at the start of this tournament and bounced back with a 4-0 win over the Netherlands and then a 6-1 demolition of Wales.
—Oli Gamp, New York Times, 22 July 2025
In speeches and interviews as health secretary, Kennedy has made clear his disdain for mainstream autism research, brushing aside the insights gained for this tremendously complex condition through years of research.
—Caren Zucker, The Atlantic, 6 July 2025
But Russia’s leaders have brushed aside the president’s ultimatum.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 1 Aug. 2025
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Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
They were comfortably brushed aside by France at the start of this tournament and bounced back with a 4-0 win over the Netherlands and then a 6-1 demolition of Wales.
—Oli Gamp, New York Times, 22 July 2025
In speeches and interviews as health secretary, Kennedy has made clear his disdain for mainstream autism research, brushing aside the insights gained for this tremendously complex condition through years of research.
—Caren Zucker, The Atlantic, 6 July 2025
But Russia’s leaders have brushed aside the president’s ultimatum.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 1 Aug. 2025
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“Brush aside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brush%20aside. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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