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.

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Even with these side effects, Breen felt her mental health was brushed aside, and doctors instead encouraged her to keep taking testosterone. —

Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 31 Dec. 2024 President-elect Trump brushed aside concerns about conflicts of interest involving his adviser Elon Musk, insisting the world's richest man would put the country first. —

Ben Berkowitz, Axios, 12 Dec. 2024 Adams pleaded not guilty, brushed aside calls for his resignation and denied any wrongdoing. —

Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 12 Dec. 2024 Thus far, the chair and his colleagues have brushed aside questions about the effect Trump’s initiatives could have on monetary policy, citing uncertainty over what is just talk now and what will become reality later. —

Jeff Cox, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for brush aside