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SHRUG OFF

Pronunciation (US):

• SHRUG OFF (verb)
The verb SHRUG OFF has 1 sense:

1. minimize the importance of, brush aside

Familiarity information: SHRUG OFF used as a verb is very rare.

• SHRUG OFF (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Minimize the importance of, brush aside

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

Jane shrugged off the news that her stock had fallen 3 points

Hypernyms (to "shrug off" is one way to...):

brush aside; brush off; discount; dismiss; disregard; ignore; push aside (bar from attention or consideration)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

"Doctors make the worst patients."
(English proverb)
"In age, talk; in childhood, tears."
(Native American proverb, Hopi)
"The whisper of a pretty girl can be heard further than the roar of a lion."
(Arabic proverb)
"Hasty speed is rarely good"
(Dutch proverb)

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