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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Echoing his head coach’s sentiment, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes brushed aside any negativity that could be tied to Reid and Kelce’s lively discussion.
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Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2025
Brian Shortsleeve, a venture capitalist and former MBTA official who is also running for governor as a Republican, brushed aside Healey’s approval rating.
—Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 14 Sep. 2025
Let’s also not brush aside the fact that these are objectively two of the best 3D platformers ever made, with Super Mario Galaxy sitting at a healthy 97 on Metacritic, and Super Mario Galaxy 2 matching that score with its own beastly 97.
—Mitch Wallace, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
His concerns were brushed aside.
—Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
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Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2025
Brian Shortsleeve, a venture capitalist and former MBTA official who is also running for governor as a Republican, brushed aside Healey’s approval rating.
—Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 14 Sep. 2025
Let’s also not brush aside the fact that these are objectively two of the best 3D platformers ever made, with Super Mario Galaxy sitting at a healthy 97 on Metacritic, and Super Mario Galaxy 2 matching that score with its own beastly 97.
—Mitch Wallace, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
His concerns were brushed aside.
—Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Brush aside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brush%20aside. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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