Meanings
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verb
to dismiss an idea, concern, or suggestion as foolish or unimportant, often contemptuously
The committee should not pooh-pooh the residents' safety concerns.
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Etymology
From a reduplication of the interjection pooh, a sound expressing impatience, disbelief, or contempt. Repeating the sound produced a verb for dismissing something with the same attitude.