to refuse to accept that something is important or true
Any suggestion that it was quite sufficient but very poorly used was brushed aside.
Suddenly, ID cards became a panacea and civil liberties considerations were simply brushed aside.
The minister brushed aside accusations that he had lied.
The preliminary opponents have been brushed aside, used as trial horses.
This involves a piece sacrifice which White brushes aside without too much trouble.
brushes aside
brushing aside
brushed aside
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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