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31brush something aside — DISREGARD, ignore, dismiss, shrug off, wave aside; overlook, pay no attention to, take no notice of, neglect, forget about, turn a blind eye to; reject, spurn; laugh off, make light of, trivialize; informal pooh pooh. → …
32sweep something aside — DISREGARD, ignore, take no notice of, dismiss, shrug off, forget about, brush aside. → sweep * * * brush/sweep/cast/something aside phrase to refuse to consider or deal with something Railway companies brushed aside fears that staff cuts would… …
33sweep something under the rug — (or carpet) conceal or ignore a problem or difficulty in the hope that it will be forgotten * * * sweep (something) under the rug see ↑sweep, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑rug sweep (something) under the rug (US) (or chiefly Brit swee …
34Do Not Ignore the Potential — Do NotIgnore the Potential Studio album by The Mae Shi Rapider Than Horsepower Released 2006 Genre Experimental, Punk …
35be stupid enough to do something — be unfortunate/unlucky/unwise/stupid etc enough to do something phrase used after adjectives that mean ‘stupid’ or ‘not lucky’ for saying that someone does something stupid or that something bad happens to them Surely the government wouldn’t… …
36be unwise enough to do something — be unfortunate/unlucky/unwise/stupid etc enough to do something phrase used after adjectives that mean ‘stupid’ or ‘not lucky’ for saying that someone does something stupid or that something bad happens to them Surely the government wouldn’t… …
37be unlucky enough to do something — be unfortunate/unlucky/unwise/stupid etc enough to do something phrase used after adjectives that mean ‘stupid’ or ‘not lucky’ for saying that someone does something stupid or that something bad happens to them Surely the government wouldn’t… …
38be unfortunate enough to do something — be unfortunate/unlucky/unwise/stupid etc enough to do something phrase used after adjectives that mean ‘stupid’ or ‘not lucky’ for saying that someone does something stupid or that something bad happens to them Surely the government wouldn’t… …
39blow something off N. Amer. — blow something off N. Amer. informal ignore or fail to attend something. → blow …
40crack down on something — crack down (on (someone/something)) to take strong action to stop something bad from continuing. The university is taking steps to crack down on underage drinking on campus. Countries that used to ignore terrorist groups in their midst are… …
