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.
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Brush off
Synonyms for "brush off" (68 found)
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push asidepush backput asideput backrebuffrefusalrefuserepelrepulsesend awaysend offsend packingset asideshakeshrug offsneeze atsnubspurnspurningsweep
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sweep outsweep upthink nothing ofthrust asidethrust backturn away fromturn backvacuumvacuum-cleanward offwhisk
Verb(1 words)
push aside
Noun(2 words)
shove awaywillful ignore
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Thus, ſeizing his hat, he bruſh’d off like the wind, / And the Porter and Eatables follow’d behind.
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