brush-off

brush-off
noun
a curt or disdainful rejection
• Derivationally related forms: ↑brush off
• Hypernyms: ↑rejection

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n
discouragement, dismissal, rebuff, refusal, rejection, repudiation, repulse, slight, snub

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▶ noun (informal) REJECTION, refusal, rebuff, repulse; snub, slight, cut; informal knock-back; N. Amer. informal kiss-off.

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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun (-s)
Etymology: brush off, v.
1. : a quietly curt or disdainful dismissal

she gave him the brush-off

2. : an offensive maneuver used by basketball and lacrosse players to get rid of an opponent by running him into a teammate

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/brush"awf', -of'/, n.
a refusal to talk or listen to someone; abrupt or final dismissal or rebuff.
[1945-50, Amer.; n. use of v. phrase brush off]

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brushˈ-off noun (informal)
1. A curt or discourteous dismissal or act of ignoring
2. A rebuff
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Main Entry: ↑brush

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brush-off UK US noun [singular] informal
a clear sign to someone that you are not interested in them or in their ideas
Thesaurus: to fail or refuse to communicate with someonesynonym

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n. [in sing.] informal a rejection or dismissal in which someone is treated as unimportant

he's been giving her the brush-off

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/ˈbrʌʃˌɑːf/ noun
the brush-off
informal : rude treatment or behavior by someone who is not interested at all in what another person wants or asks for

I wanted to ask him about his decision but he gave me the brush-off.

I got the brush-off when I asked her for help.

— see also brush off at ↑brush, 2

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ˈbrush-off [brush-off brush-offs] noun singular (informal)
rude or unfriendly behaviour that shows that a person is not interested in sb

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Paul asked Tara out to dinner but she

gave him the brush-off

.

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brush-off, brush-up
see brush v.2 5 b, 2.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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