sweep aside

verb

swept aside; sweeping aside; sweeps aside

: to treat (something) as not important : to ignore (something)

He swept aside questions about his son's arrest.

He swept aside their objections, refusing to change his plans.

Examples of sweep aside in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Californios’ reign began to vanish even before the discovery of gold, when droughts and floods wiped out their easygoing livelihoods, and their lands were cut up, sold off, and their land grants swept aside by the new state. — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026

Videos show crowds trying to flee a surging wall of mud, rows of buses and trucks swept aside like toys, and bridges cracked apart and swept away. — Josh Feldman, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2026

The City of Yes plan swept aside cumbersome zoning rules and made office buildings completed as recently as 1990 eligible for conversion in most of Manhattan and parts of other boroughs. — Andrew Rice, Curbed, 23 July 2026

England have not exactly swept aside all-comers this summer but have shown tournament nous and impressive durability to get this far. — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 14 July 2026

Rhymes for sweep aside

• actinide
• aldehyde
• alkoxide
• alongside
• amplified
• arsenide
• beautified
• biocide
• bisulphide
• butoxide
• calcified
• ceramide