english
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general::
Phrase(s): dismiss something as something to put something out of one’s mind or ignore something as something. (The second something can be a noun or an adjective.) • I dismissed the whole idea as foolishness. • It was not possible to dismiss the whole matter as a one-time happening. • Molly dismissed the whole event as accidental.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs