brush aside
Verb
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Bar from attention or consideration (synset 200802592)
"She dismissed his advances"is a type of: reject - refuse to accept or acknowledgesubtypes:
- cold-shoulder, slight - pay no attention to, disrespect
- discredit - cause to be distrusted or disbelieved
- shrug off - minimize the importance of, brush aside
- pass off - disregard
- flout, scoff - treat with contemptuous disregard
- turn a blind eye - refuse to acknowledge
- laugh away, laugh off - deal with a problem by laughing or pretending to be amused by it
- disoblige - ignore someone's wishes
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