'shrug off' definitions:
Definition of 'shrug off'
(from WordNet)
verb
Minimize the importance of, brush aside; "Jane shrugged off the news that her stock had fallen 3 points"
Definition of 'shrug off'
From: GCIDE
- shrug off \shrug off\, v. t. To ignore; to disregard; to brush aside; to minimize[2] the effects of; as, to shrug off predictions of disaster. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'shrug off'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandon,
- belittle,
- brush aside,
- brush off,
- care nothing for,
- deprecate,
- depreciate,
- dismiss,
- disparage,
- drop the subject,
- forget,
- forget about it,
- forget it,
- lay aside,
- let it go,
- let slip,
- make light of,
- make little of,
- make nothing of,
- minimize,
- misestimate,
- misprize,
- not care,
- not mind,
- push aside,
- put aside,
- sell short,
- set aside,
- set at naught,
- set little by,
- sneeze at,
- think little of,
- think nothing of,
- thrust aside,
- turn away from,
- underestimate,
- underprize,
- underrate,
- underreckon,
- undervalue