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.
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South Africa had tried to acclimatize to playing in these testing conditions by training pre-tournament at high-altitude Pachuca, but were swept aside by a much stronger team.
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Duncan Alexander, New York Times, 12 June 2026
Aaron Schwartz | Afp | Getty Images Another big jobs report in May has pretty much swept aside the possibility of interest rate cuts anytime soon — and in the process underscored the tricky policy path ahead for new Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 5 June 2026
The framework trains robots to use their entire arm instead of just a gripper, allowing machines to gather or sweep aside clusters of objects in ways that resemble human movement.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 May 2026
Rules that were supposed to keep this from happening are swept aside.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2026
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Duncan Alexander, New York Times, 12 June 2026
Aaron Schwartz | Afp | Getty Images Another big jobs report in May has pretty much swept aside the possibility of interest rate cuts anytime soon — and in the process underscored the tricky policy path ahead for new Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 5 June 2026
The framework trains robots to use their entire arm instead of just a gripper, allowing machines to gather or sweep aside clusters of objects in ways that resemble human movement.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 May 2026
Rules that were supposed to keep this from happening are swept aside.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2026
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“Sweep aside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sweep%20aside. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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