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push aside
  1. v. push out of the way [syn: push away]

  2. bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances" [syn: dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, ignore]

Usage examples of "push aside".

Nodding, Duiker found himself watching a dung beetle struggle heroically to push aside a fragment of palm bark.

Then his fingers were jerking at the buttons on her blouse in a desperate need to push aside the first barrier.

I thrust past his defenses as easily as one would push aside a sick child's hands.

I thrust past his defenses as easily as one would push aside a sick child’.

He'd managed to push aside the nagging worry until Andulvar had arrived, almost hoping the Eyrien would look at the print and shrug it off with an easy explanation.

He'd had to push aside the memory of death and the hope of survival so many times.

Damien had to push aside a rack of beaded belts to get far enough back from the mirror that the whole of his bulk could be reflected within its narrow confines.

She bent to thump his ribs and push aside his usual attempt to sniff under the kilt, and then straightened.

To find the doorbell she had to push aside one of the ferns, which had practically covered the front porch.

I tried to push aside my own emotions, long enough to deal with the situation.

Still, a few hours later, I had seen Frccldylooking much younger than scvcntccn-kncc1 tentatively by his wife's bedside, face whiter than her shift as he reached a hesitant, scrubbed finger to push aside the blanket covering his daughter.