shrug something ↔ off phrasal verb (see also shrug)
to treat something as unimportant and not worry about it:
We can’t just shrug these objections off.

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shrug off
shrug (something) off
to act as if something is unimportant or not a problem.
Although constantly troubled by a lack of money, he was able to shrug it off with a joke.

The runner has been trying hard to shrug off a back injury that doesn't seem to go away.

Related vocabulary: shrug your shoulders

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

shrug something off
shrug (something) off
to act as if something is unimportant or not a problem.
Although constantly troubled by a lack of money, he was able to shrug it off with a joke.

The runner has been trying hard to shrug off a back injury that doesn't seem to go away.

Related vocabulary: shrug your shoulders

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

shrug off
to not be bothered or hurt by something, to disregard something
The girl says mean things but we always shrug off her comments.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

shrug something off
to not be bothered or hurt by something, to disregard something
The girl says mean things but we always shrug off her comments.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲