the brush-off
1the 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… …
2The Brush-Off — infobox Book | name = The Brush Off title orig = translator = image caption = author = Shane Maloney illustrator = cover artist = country = Australia language = English series = Murray Whelan genre = Crime, Comedy, Political novel publisher =… …
3the brush-off — refusal, rejection The first time he asked her 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… …
5get the brush-off — {v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To be paid no attention; not be listened to or thought important. * /My idea for a party got the brush off from the other children./ 2. To be treated in an unkind or unfriendly way; be ignored. * /Frank and Jane had an… …
6get the brush-off — {v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To be paid no attention; not be listened to or thought important. * /My idea for a party got the brush off from the other children./ 2. To be treated in an unkind or unfriendly way; be ignored. * /Frank and Jane had an… …
7get\ the\ brush-off — v. phr. slang 1. To be paid no attention; not be listened to or thought important. My idea for a party got the brush off from the other children. 2. To be treated in an unkind or unfriendly way; be ignored. Frank and Jane had an argument, so the… …
8give 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 …
9give him the brush-off — turn away from someone, reject someone When Don asked Jane for a date, she gave him the brush off …
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… …
