shrug off

English

Verb

shrug off (third-person singular simple present shrugs off, present participle shrugging off, simple past and past participle shrugged off)

(transitive) To ignore or disregard; to be indifferent to.
He shrugged off the insults and proceeded despite them.
- 2011 December 21, Tom Rostance, “Fulham 0 - 5 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport‎:
  Manchester United shrugged off injuries to Phil Jones and Ashley Young to thrash a lifeless Fulham side.

Translations

to disregard

Italian: ignorare (it), infischiarsene

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