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1
to dismiss as of little importance
- an administration that was willing to shrug off the problem
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- heed,
- mark,
- mind,
- note,
- object (to)
2
to rid oneself of (a garment)
- she shrugged off her coat and hung it up neatly
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The first known use of shrug off was in 1902
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