as in to ignore
to dismiss as of little importance
brushed off their complaints as the whining of people who were never satisfied
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brush (aside or off)
Verb
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Don’t ignore it or joke past it.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
22 Apr. 2026 -
The pope ignoring atrocities The papal mission appears to have overlooked a visit to Nigeria.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The wives must reconstruct their lives and forgive themselves for failing to stop their husbands’ vicious deeds.—
Sandra Dallas,
Denver Post,
19 Apr. 2026
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The loan could be forgiven if the property ends up being transferred to a family member at no cost or low cost, Burns added.—
Claire Murphy,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
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The boxy, low-rise office overlooks a verdant wetland frequented by otters and egrets.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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The rooftop infinity pool overlooks the waterfront, while the sun deck is lined with sun loungers, day beds, and cabanas.—
Karla Walsh,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Apr. 2026
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Burke explained, however, the homes may be isolated by water covering the road.—
Madeline King,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
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Davis explained that gas taxes aren't like a sales tax — suspending them won't directly pass all of the savings to the consumer.—
Kathryn Watson,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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And good budgeting does not rely on one-time revenues to paper over structural challenges.—
Marc Joffe,
Daily News,
13 Apr. 2026
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But those are two very different movies, and there aren’t enough achingly tender John Prine songs in the world to paper over the gap between them.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
9 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The act of getting high no longer carries the same inherent tension, legal or otherwise, and the niche genre that stoner filmmakers once built around the drug has struggled to justify its own existence.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
20 Apr. 2026
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The Stones fired Jones in June 1969 but would have been justified doing so a couple years earlier.—
Marc Ballon,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2026
Verb
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He was later pardoned and won election for president as a socialist in 1999.—
Ana Goñi-Lessan,
Miami Herald,
20 Apr. 2026
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In the case of the GMT, the seven primary mirrors are mirrored, pardon the pun, by seven smaller secondary mirrors that are deformable.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Brush (aside or off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brush%20%28aside%20or%20off%29. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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