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Verb: shrug off  shrúg óf
  1. Minimize the importance of, brush aside
    "Jane shrugged off the news that her stock had fallen 3 points"

Derived forms: shrugging off, shrugs off, shrugged off

See also: shrug

Type of: brush aside, brush off, discount, dismiss, disregard, ignore, push aside

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