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be brushed
noun
An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including cleaning, painting, and arranging hair.
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Should old regimes be brushed away?
Ms. Osthoff refused to be brushed off.
Those American results can't be brushed aside.
Any mention of retirement would be brushed aside.
But Ukraine's fate can no longer be brushed aside.
After intermission, Klinsmann's "nastiness" directive seemed to be brushed aside.
These questions cannot be brushed under the carpet.
Francesco Totti cannot be brushed off or sprayed away.
No teeth will be brushed, no toys tidied away.
Of course, inconvenient statistics can always be brushed aside.
Sledging is certainly not an issue to be brushed off.
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