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brush aside

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brush aside someone/something
to not give someone or something serious consideration. I saw this happen, and you can't just call me crazy and brush me aside. Her friends worried that she might be arrested, but Nancy confidently brushed aside their concerns.
See also: aside, brush

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His apparent reliance on secondary sources leads him to brush aside the work of the LCC architects in the 1920s in Barnet, utilising Scano and Atholl timber and steel-framed construction to produce an estate which stands comparison with any of the Scandinavian examples he holds up for admiration.
Expert" interpretations brush aside diverse individual memories that may well conflict but still provide a truer account of these places.
They often brush aside the virus as one belonging to morally corrupt individuals and will not be tested.
 
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