sweep aside

English

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Verb

sweep aside (third-person singular simple present sweeps aside, present participle sweeping aside, simple past and past participle swept aside)

  1. To push or brush to the side
  2. (idiomatic) To overcome an obstacle with little effort.
    • 2011 January 18, “Wolverhampton 5 - 0 Doncaster”, in BBC‎:
      Wolves swept aside Championship outfit Doncaster at Molineux to earn a place in the fourth round of the FA Cup.
  3. (idiomatic) To ignore, brush off.
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