Betekenis van shrug sth off In het Nederlands

• 0 to treat something as if it is not important or not a problem:

  • The stock market shrugged off the economic gloom and rose by 1.5 percent.

  • You're a father and you can't simply shrug off your responsibility for your children.

• 1 to get rid of something unpleasant that you do not want:

  • I hope I can shrug off this cold before I go on holiday.

  • The city is trying to shrug off its industrial image and promote itself as a tourist centre.