sweep sth aside
— phrasal verb with sweep uk/swiːp/us/swiːp/verb swept, swept
to refuse to consider something or to treat it as important:
They swept his doubts and objections aside.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Neglecting and ignoring
- beneath the/sb's radar idiom
- block sth out
- brush sth off
- bury/have your head in the sand idiom
- bypass
- lay
- let sth ride idiom
- look straight/right through sb idiom
- lost
- lost in the shuffle idiom
- moulder
- push
- ride
- shut your eyes to sth idiom
- snub
- step
- step on sb
- there's none so deaf as those who will not hear idiom
- tune
- wave
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Treating as unimportant