give someone the brush
1give someone the cold shoulder — SNUB, shun, cold shoulder, ignore, cut (dead), rebuff, spurn, ostracize; informal give someone the brush off, freeze out; Brit. informal send to Coventry; N. Amer. informal …
2give somebody the brush-off — verb To rebuff, snub or curtly reject someone. I asked three different clerks, and they all gave me the brush off. Syn: give somebody the run around, give somebody the cold shoulder …
3give him the brush-off — turn away from someone, reject someone When Don asked Jane for a date, she gave him the brush off …
4give\ the\ brush-off — • brush off • give the brush off v. phr. 1. To refuse to hear or believe; quickly and impatiently; not take seriously or think important. John brushed off Bill s warning that he might fall from the tree. I said that it might rain and to take the… …
5The Spoonman — Infobox Radio Show show name = The Spoonman imagesize = 300px caption = format = Talkback (With Music) audio format = record location = Austereo Sydney runtime = 180 Minutes / 3 Hours creator = developer = producer = Garfield and Odie executive… …
6brush-off — noun (singular) a clear sign that you do not want someone s friendship, invitations etc: give sb the brush off: I thought Andy liked me, but he gave me the brush off …
7brush someone off — REBUFF, dismiss, spurn, reject; slight, scorn, disdain; ignore, disregard, snub, cut, turn one s back on, give someone the cold shoulder, freeze out; jilt …
8brush someone off — he tried to help, but she brushed him off Syn: rebuff, dismiss, spurn, reject; slight, scorn, disdain; ignore, disregard, snub, turn one s back on, give someone the cold shoulder, freeze out; jilt, cast aside, discard …
9The Slab Boys — is a play by the Scottish artist and playwright John Byrne. The play is the first part of a trilogy, originally known as Paisley Patterns but now called The Slab Boys Trilogy , which tells the story of a group of young, urban, working class Scots …
10brush\ off — • brush off • give the brush off v. phr. 1. To refuse to hear or believe; quickly and impatiently; not take seriously or think important. John brushed off Bill s warning that he might fall from the tree. I said that it might rain and to take the… …
