brush sth off
— phrasal verb with brush uk/brʌʃ/us/brʌʃ/verb
to refuse to listen to what someone says, or to refuse to think about something seriously:
He just brushed off all their criticisms.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Neglecting and ignoring
- beneath the/sb's radar idiom
- block sth out
- bury/have your head in the sand idiom
- bypass
- close your ears idiom
- lay
- look straight/right through sb idiom
- lost
- lost in the shuffle idiom
- moulder
- neglect
- push
- ride
- snub
- step
- step on sb
- sweep sth aside
- there's none so deaf as those who will not hear idiom
- tune
- wave
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