brush aside

phrasal verb

brushed aside; brushing aside; brushes aside

: to treat (something) as not important : to ignore or dismiss (something)

He brushed aside questions about his son's arrest.

Examples of brush aside in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web If this was just about our feelings, these denunciations could be easily brushed aside. —

Pamela Paul, The Mercury News, 29 June 2024 But conservatives have brushed aside that norm to protest leadership and freeze the House floor. —

Ken Tran, USA TODAY, 16 May 2024 Khamenei brushed aside criticism from within the ruling elite to approve the supply of sophisticated drones to Moscow, which the Russian military has used to wreak havoc in Ukraine. —

Vali Nasr, Foreign Affairs, 6 Feb. 2023 Backers of the plan brushed aside decades of research by economists concluding that government subsidies for professional sports stadiums are not worth the cost. —

Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 19 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for brush aside

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