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Definition of shrug off phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

shrug off

 phrasal verb
phrasal verb
 
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Phrasal Verbs

shrug something off/aside

 
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to treat something as if it is not important synonym dismiss Shrugging off her injury, she played on. He shrugged aside suggestions that he resign.

shrug somebody/something off/away

 
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to push someone or something back or away with your shoulders Kevin shrugged off his jacket. She shrugged him away angrily.
See shrug off in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary