brush aside

Verb

brush aside (third-person singular simple present brushes aside, present participle brushing aside, simple past and past participle brushed aside)

1. (transitive) To disregard, dismiss or ignore something, as unimportant.
   • He brushed aside all my objections and went ahead with the project regardless.
   • The news media here report that the airline at first brushed aside the episode, saying it was Ms. Cho’s job to discipline flight attendants.2014 December 31, Martin Fackler, “Court Orders Arrest of Ex-Executive at Korean Airlines Over ‘Nut Rage’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
2. (transitive) To defeat with ease.
   • The ease with which Stoke brushed aside their Israeli opponents bodes well for the return fixture in early November, when a win could could secure their passage to the last 32.2011 October 20, Michael da Silva, “Stoke 3 - 0 Macc Tel-Aviv”, in BBC Sport