"shrug off" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: shrugs off [present, singular, third-person], shrugging off [participle, present], shrugged off [participle, past], shrugged off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} shrug off (third-person singular simple present shrugs off, present participle shrugging off, simple past and past participle shrugged off)
  1. (transitive) To ignore or disregard; to be indifferent to. Tags: transitive Translations (to disregard): ignorar (Catalan), ignori (Esperanto), ignorer (French), ignorare (Italian), infischiarsene (Italian), ignorar (Portuguese), ignorar (Spanish), ipagkibit-balikat (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-shrug_off-en-verb-StX8y0yM Disambiguation of 'to disregard': 94 6
  2. To dispose of, rid oneself of, in a careless or effortless manner. Synonyms: misregard, take no notice of, tune out, ignore
    Sense id: en-shrug_off-en-verb-KPXgAtaf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "off", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "off": 20 80 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 19 81

Inflected forms

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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "to disregard",
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      "sense": "to disregard",
      "word": "ignorar"
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      "sense": "to disregard",
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