Synonyms for brush aside

Grammar : Verb

Spell : bruhsh

Phonetic Transcription : brʌʃ

Définition of brush aside

Origin : "dust-sweeper, a brush for sweeping," late 14c., also, c.1400, "brushwood, brushes;" from Old French broisse (Modern French brosse) "a brush" (13c.), perhaps from Vulgar Latin *bruscia "a bunch of new shoots" (used to sweep away dust), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *bruskaz "underbrush."

verb pay no attention to

Example sentences :

I cannot brush aside the problem by a facile reference to reincarnation.
Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby

He seemed to brush aside the little defenses and subterfuges.
Extract from : « A Little Journey in the World » by Charles Dudley Warner

"Oh—my work," he exclaimed, as if to brush aside an ill-timed pleasantry.
Extract from : « Sanctuary » by Edith Wharton

They cannot brush aside a cobweb, and are stopped by an insect's wing.
Extract from : « Table-Talk » by William Hazlitt

This may be naive, as to the past and the future; but it is a naivete we cannot brush aside.
Extract from : « Proclaim Liberty! » by Gilbert Seldes

Mrs. Burwell laid her brush aside and crossed the room to where he stood.
Extract from : « The Voice of the People » by Ellen Glasgow

He brushes it aside as the elephant might brush aside the ineffective gadfly.
Extract from : « Post-Prandial Philosophy » by Grant Allen

He waved his white hands as if to brush aside all opposition.
Extract from : « Rodney Stone » by Arthur Conan Doyle

She recognised no embarrassments, and Isabel, considering this fact, determined for the fiftieth time to brush aside her own.
Extract from : « The Portrait of a Lady » by Henry James

It was cruel of him, in that insufferably self-assured tone, to brush aside my wishes.
Extract from : « Mavis of Green Hill » by Faith Baldwin

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