shrug off

English

Verb

shrug off (third-person singular simple present shrugs off, present participle shrugging off, simple past and past participle shrugged off)

1. (transitive) To ignore or disregard; to be indifferent to.

   He shrugged off the insults and proceeded despite them.

   • 2011 December 21, Tom Rostance, “Fulham 0 - 5 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Manchester United shrugged off injuries to Phil Jones and Ashley Young to thrash a lifeless Fulham side.

   • 2021 November 12, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Friday, Nov 12, 2021:

     "I... don't understand." "I assume he doesn't, either, and were you anyone else, he would shrug it off. He, however, is your father. His default response is protective concern, and he doesn't understand why you transform. Lacking understanding, he is burdened by questions."

Synonyms

• misregard, take no notice of, tune out; see also Thesaurus:ignore

Translations

to disregard

• Catalan: ignorar (ca)
• French: ignorer (fr)
• Italian: ignorare (it), infischiarsene
• Portuguese: ignorar (pt)
• Spanish: ignorar (es)
• Tagalog: ipagkibit-balikat