sweep aside
phrasal 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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Francis and a host of other innocent and mainstream pop singers, Sedaka among them, were swept aside by British Invasion acts like the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and The Who.
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Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 17 July 2025
The new episodes have all the flaws of the misguided Season 2, including that the show's core anticapitalist message has been swept aside in favor of more action set pieces and ceaseless barbarity.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 28 June 2025
That earlier decision swept aside $250 billion in spending cuts fiscal conservatives had sought.
—Rachel Cohrs Zhang, Fortune, 29 June 2025
That part has been answered as Swiatek swept aside Elisabetta Cocciaretto for the loss of just one game.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
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Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 17 July 2025
The new episodes have all the flaws of the misguided Season 2, including that the show's core anticapitalist message has been swept aside in favor of more action set pieces and ceaseless barbarity.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 28 June 2025
That earlier decision swept aside $250 billion in spending cuts fiscal conservatives had sought.
—Rachel Cohrs Zhang, Fortune, 29 June 2025
That part has been answered as Swiatek swept aside Elisabetta Cocciaretto for the loss of just one game.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
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“Sweep aside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sweep%20aside. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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