english
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Phrase(s): dismiss someone (from something) (for something)
to discharge someone from employment for some reason; to fire someone from a job for some cause. • We will have to dismiss him from employment for absenteeism. • She was dismissed from the bank for making many errors in one month.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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dismiss
nouns
dismiss an idea/suggestion
• Both actors dismissed any idea of a romantic relationship between them.
dismiss a notion
formal (= idea )
• The Minister dismissed the notion that he had cut petrol tax because of the forthcoming by-election.
dismiss a possibility
• The Prime Minister dismissed the possibility of an early election.
dismiss a claim
• An industrial tribunal dismissed his claim of unfair discrimination.
dismiss an allegation/charge
• She claimed that she was honest and dismissed the allegations against her.
dismiss a thought
• Was he lying? I tried to dismiss the thought.
dismiss fears
• The Transport Minister dismissed fears that the Cotswold railway line would close.
dismiss criticism
• He dismissed criticism of the country's human rights record.
adverbs
easily/lightly
(= without much thought )
• This is a question that cannot be dismissed lightly.
phrases
dismiss something out of hand
(= immediately, without thinking about it )
• It's an interesting idea so don't dismiss it out of hand.
transnet.ir
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verb
fired:
You will be dismissed if you steal.
verb
excused:
After class we were dismissed.
verb
reject:
Dismiss that idea at once.
Simple Definitions
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verb decide sth is not important ADV. quickly | out of hand, summarily He dismissed her suggestion out of hand. | easily, lightly, readily Children's fears should never be dismissed lightly. | contemptuously She contemptuously dismissed their complaints. VERB + DISMISS cannot/could not, unable to | be difficult to, be easy to, be possible to It was not easy to dismiss the matter from his thoughts. | try to PREP. as, from She dismissed their arguments as irrelevant. She tried to dismiss the idea from her mind. remove sb from a job ADV. fairly | unfairly, wrongfully The court ruled that Ms Hill had been unfairly dismissed. | constructively | summarily PREP. from He was summarily dismissed from his job.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary