slough off

• Loswerden oder abwerfen von etwas, z. B. abgestorbene Haut, eine Gewohnheit oder Verantwortung; auch: sich von etwas befreien oder etwas abschütteln.

A phrasal verb meaning to shed or cast off something, such as skin, a habit, or a responsibility.

unzählbar · transitiv und intransitiv · Phrasal, trennbar

1. Shed or discardformal

   To get rid of something unwanted, like a habit, responsibility, or outer layer.

   Abwerfen oder ablegen

   • The snake sloughed off its old skin.
   • He sloughed off his bad habits after the new year.
   • The company sloughed off its unprofitable divisions.

   Synonymeabandoncast offdiscardditchdropget rid ofshake offshedthrow off

   Antonymeacquireadoptassumekeepretain

2. Ignore or dismissinformalamerican

   To treat something as unimportant or to avoid dealing with it.

   Ignorieren oder abtun

   • She sloughed off the criticism and continued her work.
   • He sloughed off the warning about the storm.
   • They sloughed off the responsibility onto someone else.

   Synonymebrush asidecast offdismissdisregardignoreneglectshedshrug off

   Antonymeacknowledgeaddressconfrontdealhandle

Grundverbslough