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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: shrug off vb (tr, adverb)- to minimize the importance of; dismiss
- to get rid of
shrug /ʃrʌg/USA pronunciation v., shrugged, shrug•ging, n. v. - to raise and contract (the shoulders), as a sign that one does not know or that one does not care about something: [~ + object]He shrugged his shoulders and said, "I don't care.''[no object]When we asked him where the dog was, he just shrugged.
- shrug off:
- to treat (something) as unimportant;
minimize: [~ + off + object]to shrug off an insult.[~ + object + off]to shrug it off. - to rid oneself of: [~ + off + object]to shrug off the effects of a drug.[~ + object + off]to shrug them off.
n. [countable] - the movement of raising or drawing up the shoulders.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024shrug (shrug),USA pronunciation v., shrugged, shrug•ging, n. v.t. - to raise and contract (the shoulders), expressing indifference, disdain, etc.
v.i. - to raise and contract the shoulders.
- shrug off:
- to disregard;
minimize:to shrug off an insult. - to rid oneself of:to shrug off the effects of a drug.
n. - the movement of raising and contracting the shoulders.
- a short sweater or jacket that ends above or at the waistline.
- ?; (noun, nominal) late Middle English shrugge a tug, pull, derivative of the verb, verbal
- (verb, verbal) Middle English schruggen to shudder, shrug 1350–1400
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