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Brush off

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    Nonstandard spelling of brush-off. alt-of, nonstandard
Verb
  1. 1
    To disregard (something), to dismiss or ignore (someone), as unimportant. idiomatic

    "Again I begged her to keep an eye on her blood pressure and not get so worked up, and once more she brushed me off, this time with a curt request that I would go and boil my head."

  2. 2
    bar from attention or consideration wordnet
  3. 3
    To depart with a sweeping motion; to rush away. dated

    "Thus, ſeizing his hat, he bruſh’d off like the wind, / And the Porter and Eatables follow’d behind."

  4. 4
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see brush, off. To remove something with a brush.

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