: to raise and lower your shoulders usually to show that you do not know or care about something [no obj] ▪ I asked if he wanted to go out to dinner, and he just shrugged. [+ obj] ▪ He just shrugged his shoulders.
shrug off [phrasal verb]
shrug off (something) or shrug (something) off 1 : to think of or treat (something) as not important : to pay no attention to (something)
▪ She shrugged off their concerns. ▪ I warned him about the storm but he just shrugged it off. 2 : to take off (a piece of clothing) by moving your shoulders back and forth
▪ She shrugged off her coat.
▪ She shrugged off their concerns. ▪ I warned him about the storm but he just shrugged it off.
▪ She shrugged off her coat.
— shrug noun, plural shrugs [count]
▪ The suggestion was met with nothing but shrugs. ▪ She answered me with a shrug of the/her shoulders.
▪ The suggestion was met with nothing but shrugs. ▪ She answered me with a shrug of the/her shoulders.





