slough off

• Verbo frasal que significa desprenderse o deshacerse de algo, como piel, un hábito o una responsabilidad.

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

incontable · transitivo e intransitivo · phrasal, separable

1. Shed or discardformal

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

   Desprenderse de / Desechar

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

   Sinónimosabandoncast offdiscardditchdropget rid ofshake offshedthrow off

   Antónimosacquireadoptassumekeepretain

2. Ignore or dismissinformalamerican

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

   Ignorar o desestimar

   • 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.

   Sinónimosbrush asidecast offdismissdisregardignoreneglectshedshrug off

   Antónimosacknowledgeaddressconfrontdealhandle

Verbo baseslough