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Push aside   /pʊʃ əsˈaɪd/   Listen
Push aside

verb
1.
Push out of the way.  Synonym: push away.
2.
Bar from attention or consideration.  Synonyms: brush aside, brush off, discount, dismiss, disregard, ignore.






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"Push aside" Quotes from Famous Books



... leave the mill and steal away among the alders that lined the stream. She suspected where he was going, and, by a shorter route, reached a field opposite Laycock's house, and, from behind the hedge, saw Bingley push aside the cellar window and crawl in. He had tried the door first, but it was just at this hour Laycock was in the ale-house. The rector was a magistrate; and she went to him with her tale, and he saw at once the importance of her information. ...
— The Hallam Succession • Amelia Edith Barr

... question of growth rather than present effort; though right effort, rightly continued, will in time infallibly lead to growth and vision. Through the power thus to set aside personal limitation, to push aside petty concerns and cares, and steady the whole nature and will in an ardent love of truth and desire to know it; through the power thus to make way for the All-consciousness, all great men make their discoveries. Newton, watching the apple ...
— The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali • Charles Johnston

... begins to grow warm in March, push aside the covering a little from the crown of the plants, so as to let in air. If early fruit is desired, the mulch can be raked aside and the ground worked between the rows, as soon as danger of severe frost is ...
— Success With Small Fruits • E. P. Roe

... room where he was. When we remembered the bird we were much afraid lest he should have flown out of the room. We hunted high and low, calling his name, "Carmen," to which he often answers with a chirp. At last I happened to push aside a little low stool, and there, crouching down so as not to be found (as he dislikes being put into his cage) was Carmen. He has tried since then to hide; but we know his tricks, so he ...
— Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) - A Magazine for the Young • Various



Words linked to "Push aside" :   laugh away, flout, cold-shoulder, shrug off, dismiss, turn a blind eye, force, disoblige, slight, pass off, scoff, reject, laugh off, push, discredit



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