brush aside

verb

1. tr, adverb to dismiss without consideration; disregard

Idioms and Phrases

Disregard, ignore, as in The teacher brushed aside our questions .

Example Sentences

Then he threw the brush aside, apparently taking no more interest in that over which he had worked so persistently.

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Cyrène came out and proceeded to brush aside the dust between the piles of metal.

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But the Turkish Knight was denied even the chance of achieving this by the fluttering ribbons which she dared not brush aside.

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It was cruel of him, in that insufferably self-assured tone, to brush aside my wishes.

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A queen gracious rather than a queen regnant; a queen to grant petitions rather than one to brush aside the petitioners.'

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