shrugsomethingoff
phrasal verbwithshrugverb[IorT]uk/ʃrʌɡ/us/ʃrʌɡ/-gg-
(NOT WORRY)
totreatsomething as if it is notimportantor not aproblem:
Thestockmarketshruggedoff theeconomicgloomandroseby 1.5percent.
You're afatherand you can'tsimplyshrugoffyourresponsibilityforyourchildren.
Treating as unimportant
- blow
- blowsomething/someoneoff
- brushsomeone/somethingaside
- chopped liver
- damn
- denigrate
- denigration
- front
- laugh
- laughsomethingoff
- leavesomethingat the dooridiom
- look down onsomeone
- minoritize
- never
- shrug
- skate over/aroundsomething
- sniff atsomething
- sweepsomethingaside
- talksomethingdown
- wave
(NOT KEEP)
to getridof somethingunpleasantthat you do notwant:
IhopeI canshrugoff thiscoldbefore I go onholiday.
Thecityistryingtoshrugoffitsindustrialimageandpromoteitself as atouristcentre.
See also
shakesomethingoffinformal
Removing and getting rid of things
- abandonment
- banish
- be scattered to the four windsidiom
- bin
- castsomeone/somethingaside/away/off
- dumping
- eradication
- erase
- erasure
- evacuate
- evacuation
- exorcism
- fling
- scrape
- shedding
- shoo
- shrug
- shuck
- shucksomethingoff
- sling