brush aside

brush aside, away

(tr, adverb) to dismiss without consideration; disregard

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Verb

brush aside - bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances"

brush off, discount, dismiss, disregard, ignore, push aside

cold-shoulder, slight - pay no attention to, disrespect; "She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance"

reject - refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper"

discredit - cause to be distrusted or disbelieved; "The paper discredited the politician with its nasty commentary"

shrug off - minimize the importance of, brush aside; "Jane shrugged off the news that her stock had fallen 3 points"

pass off - disregard; "She passed off the insult"

flout, scoff - treat with contemptuous disregard; "flout the rules"

turn a blind eye - refuse to acknowledge; "He turns a blind eye to the injustices in his office"

laugh away, laugh off - deal with a problem by laughing or pretending to be amused by it; "She laughs away all these problems"

disoblige - ignore someone's wishes

Translations

? brush aside

vt sep obstacle, person → (einfach) zur Seite schieben; objections → (einfach) abtun; ideas → verwerfen

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invalidity
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We certainly do not seek to brush aside concerns about the handling of particular cases, but we do not believe that these individual case errors - however regrettable they may be - point to more fundamental flaws in the Criminal Justice System in North Wales.

Effective justice; yourLETTERS by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)

Despite the sunny conditions, the greens were far from easy to read but in the final Robson and Blackmore overcame the distractions of the resident fox, who invaded the green to the amusement of the players and spectators, to brush aside their rivals to take the crown.

Bedworth's Robson and Blackmore star; MIXED PAIRS by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)

2 NEWPORT County were hot favourites to brush aside the challenge of relegated Lewes on Saturday and make it 10 Blue Square South matches unbeaten.

County save blushes with a late equaliser by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)