slough off

• Фразовый глагол, означающий сбрасывать или избавляться от чего-либо, например, от кожи, привычки или ответственности.

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

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1. Shed or discardformal

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

   Сбрасывать или избавляться

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

   Синонимыabandoncast offdiscardditchdropget rid ofshake offshedthrow off

   Антонимыacquireadoptassumekeepretain

2. Ignore or dismissinformalamerican

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

   Игнорировать или отвергать

   • 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.

   Синонимыbrush asidecast offdismissdisregardignoreneglectshedshrug off

   Антонимыacknowledgeaddressconfrontdealhandle

Базовый глаголslough