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View synonyms for shrug off

shrug off

verb

  1. to minimize the importance of; dismiss
  2. to get rid of
  3. to wriggle out of or push off (clothing)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Sir Keir shrugged off her attack, saying there had already been a "massive petition" in the summer, when voters returned Labour to power.

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Feeling understandably patronised, they shrugged off the suggestion.

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Even before the election, Zelensky shrugged off denigrating references from Trump, who at one point called him the “world’s greatest salesman” for his successes in garnering U.S. aid.

El Sereno resident Louis Ortiz, dropping off his ballot on Tuesday, shrugged off the audio scandal, saying De León’s remarks were taken out of context.

And she shrugged off attacks aimed at Harris's racial identity, including from Donald Trump, who questioned her blackness.

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