push aside

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push aside Meaning of "push aside"

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Definition(s):

  1. (v) push out of the way
  2. (v) bar from attention or consideration

Synonym(s)

brush off, discount, dismiss, disregard, ignore, push away

Usage(s):

  1. The Bush Administration has also, in at least one controversial case, attempted to push aside the judiciary.
  2. After months of Red tape and runarounds, 22 correspondents and photographers found it deceptively easy to push aside the iron curtain that had kept them out.
  3. It was this Vladivostok agreement that Jimmy Carter wanted to push aside in 1977 in his evangelic zeal to substitute deep cuts in missiles and warheads.
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