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
- 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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