wave away

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wave away (third-person singular simple present waves away, present participle waving away, simple past and past participle waved away)

1. (idiomatic) to reject or dismiss with a hand gesture
   • 2011 January 25, Phil McNulty, “Blackpool 2 - 3 Man Utd”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     It was the Seasiders, however, who were swiftly on the attack again and they had very presentable claims for a penalty waved away as Varney tumbled under a challenge from Rafael.

2. (idiomatic, by extension) to brush aside or sweep under the rug