Idiom
brush aside
Meaning
To disregard, dismiss or ignore something, as unimportant.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Don't brush aside my advice when I try to help you.”
“The manager tried to brush aside the employees' concerns, but they insisted on discussing the new schedule.”
“Despite the mounting evidence presented by his colleagues, the director continued to brush aside their warnings until the project collapsed entirely.”
Examples
simple
“Don't brush aside my advice when I try to help you.”
contextual
“The manager tried to brush aside the employees' concerns, but they insisted on discussing the new schedule.”
complex
“Despite the mounting evidence presented by his colleagues, the director continued to brush aside their warnings until the project collapsed entirely.”
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