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View synonyms for shrug off

shrug off

verb

  1. to minimize the importance of; dismiss
  2. to get rid of
  3. to wriggle out of or push off (clothing)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

He was also sound defensively for the most part - although he was easily shrugged off by Teddy Williams in the build-up to Wales' third try.

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But the former Years and Years star shrugged off the loss with typical good humour.

From BBC

At the Orpheum a couple of weeks later, Underwood shrugged off the criticism.

But he shrugged off any suggestion of a potential “power struggle”.

“That’s the mystery of the activities we’re seeing right now, is that they seem to be shrugging off the due process ... and it’s happening within a national park, which is kind of astounding.”

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