brush aside
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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Trump brushed aside questions about whether Xi agreed Iran should not obtain a nuclear weapon.
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Bart Jansen, USA Today, 15 May 2026
France did, once Napoleon brushed aside the ashes of the First Republic.
—Nathan Lewis, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Kelleher also brushed aside concerns of an erosion of pricing in the contract logistics market based on Amazon’s service expansion, noting that GXO’s churn rate is less than 5 percent.
—Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 6 May 2026
Pritzker brushed aside any political framing on Thursday.
—Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
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Bart Jansen, USA Today, 15 May 2026
France did, once Napoleon brushed aside the ashes of the First Republic.
—Nathan Lewis, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Kelleher also brushed aside concerns of an erosion of pricing in the contract logistics market based on Amazon’s service expansion, noting that GXO’s churn rate is less than 5 percent.
—Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 6 May 2026
Pritzker brushed aside any political framing on Thursday.
—Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
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“Brush aside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brush%20aside. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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