Slough

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Climate change has made it difficult for some countries to slough off their problems with air pollution.

By: Katherine Albuquerque, Editor

Definition

(noun)

To cast something off or to become shed or cast off. It is often used in the phrase slough off meaning to get rid of something objectionable or disadvantageous

Sentence

Climate change has made it difficult for some countries to slough off their problems with air pollution.