Translations for „sweep aside“ in the English » German Dictionary

sweep aside VB trans

1. sweep aside (cause to move):

to sweep aside ⇆ sb/sth

jdn/etw [hin]wegfegen

2. sweep aside fig (dismiss):

to sweep aside ⇆ doubts/objections

Zweifel/Einwände beiseiteschieben [o. abtun]

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to sweep aside ⇆ doubts/objections

Zweifel/Einwände beiseiteschieben [o. abtun]

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Things that are new, and better, come to dominate and sweep aside old technologies.

hanlonblog.dailymail.co.uk

Let us sweep aside the gloom of separatism and distrust.

newsinfo.inquirer.net

And they believe they can sweep aside government forces and reassert control.

www.bbc.co.uk

He said the changes, which will have to be formally approved by the affected nations, would sweep aside "outdated rules that just don't make sense to us any more".

www.abc.net.au

For a moment, let us sweep aside the political misdirection.

www.smh.com.au

Religion tends to sweep aside personal and cultural differences; youths tend to take that very personally.

www.themalaymailonline.com

Because the criminal capitalism that threatens all of humanity does not respect anyone; it will sweep aside all of us regardless of race, party, or religion.

upsidedownworld.org

They can then sweep aside the concerns of the majority, as well as the priorities of women.

www.nationalobserver.com

The law will give them extraordinary powers, allowing them to sweep aside all environmental and heritage protection regulations.

www.theecologist.org

Those stories, incredible as they first seemed, added to a body of evidence that he could not simply sweep aside.

news.nationalpost.com