WAVE OFF

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dismiss as insignificant

Example:

He waved off suggestions of impropriety

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "wave off" is one way to...):

background; downplay; play down (understate the importance or quality of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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