slough off

• Verbo frasal que significa livrar-se de algo indesejado, como pele morta, um hábito, uma responsabilidade ou um peso.

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

incontável · transitivo e intransitivo · phrasal, separável

1. Shed or discardformal

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

   Livrar-se ou descartar

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

   Sinônimosabandoncast offdiscardditchdropget rid ofshake offshedthrow off

   Antônimosacquireadoptassumekeepretain

2. Ignore or dismissinformalamerican

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

   Ignorar ou descartar

   • 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.

   Sinônimosbrush asidecast offdismissdisregardignoreneglectshedshrug off

   Antônimosacknowledgeaddressconfrontdealhandle

Verbo baseslough