відмахнутися

Ukrainian

Etymology

From відмахну́ти (vidmaxnúty) +‎ -ся (-sja). Compare Russian отмахну́ться (otmaxnútʹsja), Belarusian адмахну́цца (admaxnúcca), Polish odmachnąć się.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʋʲidmɐxˈnutesʲɐ]

Verb

відмахну́тися • (vidmaxnútysjapf (imperfective відма́хуватися) (semelfactive)

  1. to wave away (to reject or dismiss with a hand gesture)
  2. (figuratively, colloquial) to wave away, to wave aside, to brush aside (to disregard, dismiss or ignore)
  3. (figuratively, colloquial) to shake off (to rid oneself of (someone or something))

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