shrugging off
Letting it slide
Shrugging off is dismissing something as unimportant or refusing to let it affect you.
You shrug off criticism by not taking it to heart, shrug off an injury by continuing despite it: He shrugged off the insult and kept walking.
The phrase evokes the physical gesture of raising and dropping the shoulders—a bodily signal of indifference.
- nonchalanceCalm, casual composure
- indifferenceLack of interest
- no big dealInconsequential matter
- dismissalRemoval from position
- trivializationMaking something seem minor
thick-skinned · apathy · disregard · water off a duck's back · hunching · minimization · whatever · brushing off · brushing aside · letting slide · detachment · rejection · unfazed · denial · deflection · avoidance · unconcern · shoulders
- downplayingminimizing, downplay, trivializing, belittling, soft-pedal
- undressingundressing, disrobing, stripping, taking off, getting undressed
- ineffective responsesexcuses, deflection, denial, avoidance, stonewalling
- rudenessrude, discourtesy, impolite, rudeness, disrespect
- Excusingjustifying, forgiving, pardoning, condoning, rationalizing
shrugging offheeding
Attending to advice
pondering · attending to · confronting · addressing · scrutinizing
shrugging offtaking on
Accepting or assuming
shouldering · acknowledging · embracing · confronting · facing up to
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