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Meanings of brush aside in English

Portuguese
deixar de lado
Catalan
deixar de banda
Spanish
excluir

Bar from attention or consideration.

      deixar de lado
      Usage of brush aside in English
      1
      Unk had never been able to brush aside the plea about truthing.
      The Sirens of Titan
      2
      More than enough to brush aside these old men and new recruits.
      Quest for honour
      3
      To them he treated as technicalities, which he would casually brush aside.
      Destiny
      4
      We can brush aside minor aims such as increasing the child's vocabulary.
      The Child Under Eight
      5
      She tossed her brush aside, giving up the struggle against her hair.
      Money to burn: a novel of suspense
      6
      The case of Alexandrov and Yerofeyev is not so easy to brush aside.
      Reuters
      7
      He brushes it aside as the elephant might brush aside the ineffective gadfly.
      Post-Prandial Philosophy
      8
      Sir Kelland came to the clearing, batting the brush aside with his shield.
      The river kings' road
      9
      A man of wit and talent come to brush aside the earnest phoneys?
      The Guardian
      10
      Kline looked reluctant to brush aside the possibility that everyone might be lying.
      Think of a number
      11
      He seemed to brush aside the little defenses and subterfuges.
      A Little Journey in the World
      12
      Mrs. Burwell laid her brush aside and crossed the room to where he stood.
      The Voice of the People
      13
      He was going to brush aside the barriers between them.
      Gunsight Pass: How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a ...
      14
      A powerful army like General Braddock's can brush aside any number of forest rovers.
      The Shadow of the North: A Story of Old New York and a Lost Camp...
      15
      Elisandra laid her brush aside and rose to her feet.
      Summers at Castle Auburn
      16
      Moving the leafless brush aside, she saw a half-grown rabbit lying on its side.
      The Clan of the Cave Bear
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      United States of America
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