to treat sth as if it is not important
SYN dismiss :
Shrugging off her injury, she played on.
He shrugged aside suggestions that he resign.
to treat sth as if it is not important
SYN dismiss :
Shrugging off her injury, she played on.
He shrugged aside suggestions that he resign.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005