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Phrase(s): brush someone or something aside
1. Lit. to push or shove someone or something out of the way. • Don’t just brush me aside. I almost fell over. • I brushed aside the branch, not realizing it was poison ivy. 2. Fig. to cast someone or something away; to rid oneself of someone or something; to ignore or dismiss someone or something. • You must not brush this matter aside. • The clerk brushed aside the old man and moved on to the next person in line.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs