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PUSH ASIDE
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bar from attention or consideration
Example:
She dismissed his advances
Synonyms:
brush aside; brush off; discount; dismiss; disregard; ignore; push aside
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "push aside" is one way to...):
reject (refuse to accept or acknowledge)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "push aside"):
cold-shoulder; slight (pay no attention to, disrespect)
discredit (cause to be distrusted or disbelieved)
shrug off (minimize the importance of, brush aside)
pass off (disregard)
flout; scoff (treat with contemptuous disregard)
turn a blind eye (refuse to acknowledge)
laugh away; laugh off (deal with a problem by laughing or pretending to be amused by it)
disoblige (ignore someone's wishes)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
Meaning:
Synonyms:
push aside; push away
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "push aside" is one way to...):
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
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