slough off

• Verbe à particule signifiant se débarrasser ou se défaire de quelque chose, comme une peau, une habitude ou une responsabilité.

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

indénombrable · transitif et intransitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Shed or discardformal

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

   se débarrasser de

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

   Synonymesabandoncast offdiscardditchdropget rid ofshake offshedthrow off

   Antonymesacquireadoptassumekeepretain

2. Ignore or dismissinformalamerican

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

   Ignorer ou écarter

   • 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.

   Synonymesbrush asidecast offdismissdisregardignoreneglectshedshrug off

   Antonymesacknowledgeaddressconfrontdealhandle

Verbe de baseslough