brushes off
Example Sentences
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As to Reform's call for Reed to resign, a government source brushes off the suggestion: "We're not Manchester United", they say.
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026
And she brushes off those who charge she has ceded sovereignty to the Americans.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025
The man who chairs this committee, never having reviewed the affidavit, dismisses it as false, and brushes off the witness, a woman, as not credible.
From Slate • Jan. 23, 2025
His grandmother senses the peril in Solomon’s overconfident business strategy, especially as he brushes off warnings that sound familiar from the other side of the Great Recession.
From Salon • Aug. 23, 2024
He cuts his clippers off again, brushes off his customer’s neck, and hands him a mirror.
From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist
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