something+unimportant

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• something — 1. pronoun /ˈsʌm.θɪŋ/lang=en a) An uncertain or unspecified thing; one thing. I must have forgotten to pack something, but I cant think what. b) (of someone or something) A quality to a moderate …   Wiktionary

• unimportant — [[t]ʌ̱nɪmpɔ͟ː(r)t(ə)nt[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you describe something or someone as unimportant, you mean that they do not have much influence, effect, or value, and are therefore not worth serious consideration. It was an unimportant job, and paid… …   English dictionary

• something or other — this or that, whatever (about an unimportant object) …   English contemporary dictionary

• blow off something — blow off (something) 1. to get rid of something. The old millionaire blew off one marriage to wed his new partner. Your average worker can t just blow off his credit card debt. 2. to consider something to be unimportant. Some students will simply …   New idioms dictionary

• get in the way of something — phrase to prevent something from happening I never let unimportant details get in the way of a good plan. Thesaurus: to prevent something from happeningsynonym to kill a person or animalsynonym Main entry: way …   Useful english dictionary

• explain away something — explain away (something) to invent reasons why something is unimportant. You will find it hard to explain away all these mistakes. Rather than face the truth, we try to explain it away …   New idioms dictionary

• get in the way of something — get in the way (of (something)) to prevent something from happening. Anger often gets in the way of understanding a situation. We had almost reached an agreement, but some unimportant details got in the way …   New idioms dictionary

• no mean something — no mean (something) not something small or unimportant. Getting the job finished so quickly was no mean achievement …   New idioms dictionary

• shrug something off — shrug (something) off to act as if something is unimportant or not a problem. Although constantly troubled by a lack of money, he was able to shrug it off with a joke. The runner has been trying hard to shrug off a back injury that doesn t seem… …   New idioms dictionary

• slough off something — slough off (something) to ignore something or behave as if it was unimportant. Politicians sloughed off public anger over the hospital cutbacks until several newspapers ran articles about it. He wrecked the car and then tried to slough it off… …   New idioms dictionary

• brush something aside — DISREGARD, ignore, dismiss, shrug off, wave aside; overlook, pay no attention to, take no notice of, neglect, forget about, turn a blind eye to; reject, spurn; laugh off, make light of, trivialize; informal pooh pooh. → …   Useful english dictionary