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shrug

/ʃrʌɡ/verb

उच्चारण श्रग

कंधे उचकाना

Core word

verbshrugging, shrugged
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    [I, T]

    to raise your shoulders and then drop them to show that you do not know or care about something

    कंधे उचकाना

    • shrug off criticism
    • Radhika shrugged and said she did not mind.

    Synonyms dismiss ignore brush off disregard

→Phrasal verbs 1

shrug sth off/aside

to treat something as if it is not important

(किसी बात को) नज़रअंदाज़ कर देना, हल्के में उड़ा देना

  • She shrugged off the criticism and kept working.
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

dismiss ignore brush off disregard

“Collocations, idioms and sayings

Shrug off (treat something as unimportant: 'shrug off a defeat').

Phrasal verb 'shrug off' (किसी चीज़ को महत्वहीन मानना: 'shrug off a defeat')।