to brush aside
1brush aside someone — 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… …
2brush aside something — 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… …
3brush 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 …
4brush aside — / brush off [v] ignore; refuse boycott, cold shoulder*, contradict, cut, deny, disclaim, dismiss, disown, disregard, get rid of, have no time for*, ostracize, override, rebuff, reject, repudiate, scorn, send away, slight, snub, spurn, sweep… …
5brush aside — index discount (disbelieve), disdain, dismiss (put out of consideration), ignore, rebuff, reject, spurn …
6brush aside — verb bar from attention or consideration (Freq. 2) She dismissed his advances • Syn: ↑dismiss, ↑disregard, ↑brush off, ↑discount, ↑push aside, ↑ignore …
7brush aside — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms brush aside : present tense I/you/we/they brush aside he/she/it brushes aside present participle brushing aside past tense brushed aside past participle brushed aside to refuse to accept that something is… …
8brush aside — or brush away PHRASAL VERB If you brush aside or brush away an idea, remark, or feeling, you refuse to consider it because you think it is not important or useful, even though it may be. [V n P] Perhaps you shouldn t brush the idea aside too… …
9brush aside — phr verb Brush aside is used with these nouns as the object: ↑thought …
10To brush aside — Brush Brush, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brushed} (br[u^]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Brushing}.] [OE. bruschen; cf. F. brosser. See {Brush}, n.] 1. To apply a brush to, according to its particular use; to rub, smooth, clean, paint, etc., with a brush. A… …
