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
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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The rich pump money into the economy, allowing the stock market to shrug off any signs of underlying weakness.
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Sarah Min, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2025
The uptick extended a period of resilient performance for markets, which shrugged off the looming impasse a day earlier.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2025
The Cubs could have easily shrugged off the 4-1 loss to the Atlanta Braves.
—Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Swayman shrugged off the softy and several key stops early in the third period when the B’s took back-to-back penalties.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
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Sarah Min, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2025
The uptick extended a period of resilient performance for markets, which shrugged off the looming impasse a day earlier.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2025
The Cubs could have easily shrugged off the 4-1 loss to the Atlanta Braves.
—Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Swayman shrugged off the softy and several key stops early in the third period when the B’s took back-to-back penalties.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for shrug off
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“Shrug off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shrug%20off. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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