thumb one's nose at

idiom

: to show very clearly that one does not like or care about (something)
She thumbed her nose at my suggestions.
They thumb their nose at the rules and simply ignored them.

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“Thumb one's nose at.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thumb%20one%27s%20nose%20at. Accessed 24 Mar. 2023.

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