(brush-off)
11brush-off — noun a curt or disdainful rejection • Derivationally related forms: ↑brush off • Hypernyms: ↑rejection * * * n discouragement, dismissal, rebuff, refusal, rejection, repudiation, repulse, slight, snub FORMAL repu …
12brush off — verb bar from attention or consideration She dismissed his advances • Syn: ↑dismiss, ↑disregard, ↑brush aside, ↑discount, ↑push aside, ↑ignore • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
13brush off — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms brush off : present tense I/you/we/they brush off he/she/it brushes off present participle brushing off past tense brushed off past participle brushed off to refuse to listen to someone, or to accept that… …
14brush off — or[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… …
15brush off — or[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… …
16brush-off — N SING If someone gives you the brush off when you speak to them, they refuse to talk to you or be nice to you. [INFORMAL] I knew when she said, Well, it s not a good time right now, that I was being given the brush off …
17brush-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 …
18brush off — PHRASAL VERB If someone brushes you off when you speak to them, they refuse to talk to you or be nice to you. → See also brush off [V n P] When I tried to talk to her about it she just brushed me off. [Also V P n (not pron)] …
19brush-off — /ˈbrʌʃ ɒf / (say brush of) noun Colloquial an abrupt or final dismissal or refusal: *He learnt how to give autograph hunters the brush off. –murray bail, 1988 …
20brush off — phr verb Brush off is used with these nouns as the object: ↑dirt, ↑sand …
