brush aside
phrasal verb
brushed aside; brushing aside; brushes aside
: to treat (something) as not important : to ignore or dismiss (something)
He brushed aside questions about his son's arrest.
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Brian Shortsleeve, a venture capitalist and former MBTA official who is also running for governor as a Republican, brushed aside Healey’s approval rating.
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Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 14 Sep. 2025
Let’s also not brush aside the fact that these are objectively two of the best 3D platformers ever made, with Super Mario Galaxy sitting at a healthy 97 on Metacritic, and Super Mario Galaxy 2 matching that score with its own beastly 97.
—Mitch Wallace, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
His concerns were brushed aside.
—Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
The White House has maintained support for Kennedy, brushing aside criticism and even reinstalling his pick for the FDA’s top vaccine regulator after he was briefly ousted at the behest of conservative activist Laura Loomer.
—Joseph Choi, The Hill, 4 Sep. 2025
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Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 14 Sep. 2025
Let’s also not brush aside the fact that these are objectively two of the best 3D platformers ever made, with Super Mario Galaxy sitting at a healthy 97 on Metacritic, and Super Mario Galaxy 2 matching that score with its own beastly 97.
—Mitch Wallace, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
His concerns were brushed aside.
—Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
The White House has maintained support for Kennedy, brushing aside criticism and even reinstalling his pick for the FDA’s top vaccine regulator after he was briefly ousted at the behest of conservative activist Laura Loomer.
—Joseph Choi, The Hill, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Brush aside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brush%20aside. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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