shrug off

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verb (tr, adverb)

to minimize the importance of; dismiss

to get rid of

to wriggle out of or push off (clothing)

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Words nearby shrug off

shrubbery, shrubby, shrubby cinquefoil, shrub layer, shrug, shrug off, shrug one's shoulders, shrunk, shrunken, sht., shtetl

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How to use shrug off in a sentence

Although the blood-spattered offices will be off-limits, staff have vowed to continue producing the magazine.
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A passing off-duty school safety officer named Fred Lucas said that he had been told the man was a drug dealer.
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The NOPD fired Knight in 1973 for stealing lumber from a construction site as an off-duty cop.
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The off-year special election into which Duke threw himself drew little media notice at first.
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Aaron Paul may play a young Han Solo in the first Star Wars spin-off.
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A far-off volley rumbled over the plain, and a few birds stirred uneasily among the trees.
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Jean was to be an architect—God knows why—but Aristide settled it, definitely, off-hand.
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In favorable parts of the trail he must do better than that, to off-set losses of time where the going was most difficult.
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Then he spat upon the ground, and with an exaggerated shrug of his shoulders re-entered the house.
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There was something about the man that Matt liked, in spite of the deceit he had practised at the start-off of their acquaintance.
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Other Idioms and Phrases with shrug off

shrug off

Minimize the importance of, as in That nasty review didn't bother him at all; he just shrugged it off. [Early 1900s]

Get rid of, as in She managed to shrug off her drowsiness and keep driving. [Mid-1900s]

Wriggle out of a garment, as in He shrugged off his coat. [First half of 1900s]

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