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Shrug off

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Verb
  1. 1
    To ignore or disregard; to be indifferent to. transitive

    "He shrugged off the insults and proceeded despite them."

  2. 2
    minimize the importance of, brush aside wordnet
  3. 3
    To dispose of, rid oneself of, in a careless or effortless manner.

    "Other social groups that had attained a comparable level of economic prosperity had comfortably shrugged off a wide definition of self-interest that encompassed other people and other groups. Jews, on the other hand, retained this broader perspective."

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