shrug off

1. 1.

   minimize the importance of, brush aside

   “Jane shrugged off the news that her stock had fallen 3 points”

   Broaderdismiss

Questions about shrug off

What does shrug off mean?

shrug off means "minimize the importance of, brush aside".

Is shrug off a common word?

shrug off is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.