ignore trivial details

/ɪɡˈnɔːr ˈtrɪviəl ˈdiːteɪlz/

verb phrase

  1. To deliberately not pay attention to small or unimportant pieces of information.

    B1

    transitive: ignore + noun phrase

    • "You can ignore trivial details and focus on the main idea."A2
    • "When planning the event, we decided to ignore trivial details and focus on the big picture."B1
    • "The editor advised the writer to ignore trivial details that did not affect the argument."B2

Collocations

ignore minor detailstrivial detailsfocus on the main ideaignore minor issuesfocus on the essentials

Word family

ignoretrivialdetail