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Idiom of the week – Shrug off something

Posted by englishlessons on December 5, 2014

Definition:

ignore or minimize

Examples:

Some of his experiments resulted in failure, but he shrugged it off and kept on working.

The actress shrugged off the negative remarks of some movie critics and focused on her next role.

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