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PUSH ASIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does push aside mean? 

PUSH ASIDE (verb)
  The verb PUSH ASIDE has 2 senses:

1. push out of the wayplay

2. bar from attention or considerationplay

  Familiarity information: PUSH ASIDE used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PUSH ASIDE (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Push out of the way

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

push aside; push away

Hypernyms (to "push aside" is one way to...):

force; push (move with force)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something


Sense 2

Meaning:

Bar from attention or consideration

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

brush aside; brush off; discount; dismiss; disregard; ignore; push aside

Context example:

She dismissed his advances

Hypernyms (to "push aside" is one way to...):

reject (refuse to accept or acknowledge)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "push aside"):

cold-shoulder; slight (pay no attention to, disrespect)

discredit (cause to be distrusted or disbelieved)

shrug off (minimize the importance of, brush aside)

pass off (disregard)

flout; scoff (treat with contemptuous disregard)

turn a blind eye (refuse to acknowledge)

laugh away; laugh off (deal with a problem by laughing or pretending to be amused by it)

disoblige (ignore someone's wishes)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody


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