brushed (off)

verb

Definition of brushed (off)next
past tense of brush (off)
as in winked (at)

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  1. shrugged off
  2. dismissed
  3. rejected
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  • Haaland shrugged off a question about her various political identities in a recent interview with The Associated Press.
    — Terry Tang, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026
  • But Lula shrugged off those concerns and promised to work with the more conservative Congress to govern for all Brazilians.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of shrugged off
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  • The North has denied responsibility for the incident and dismissed Seoul's demand to apologize and remove its remaining mines.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Three weeks before the election, the chairman of Israel’s Central Elections Committee dismissed the case, but the AID Coalition agreed not to buy more blocks on additional flights.
    — Daniel Brook, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of dismissed
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  • She’s gotten used to trying, and trying again; while applying for fiction writing classes in college, Adeyemi says, she was rejected five semesters in a row.
    — Wisdom Iheanyichukwu, Vanity Fair, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The three Republicans on the court backed the proposal, arguing the poll sites were underutilized, while the two Democrats rejected it.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
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“Brushed (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brushed%20%28off%29. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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