brush off

brush off Slang

vb (tr, adverb)

to dismiss and ignore (a person), esp curtly

n brushoff

an abrupt dismissal or rejection

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

brush off - bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances" brush aside, discount, dismiss, disregard, ignore, push aside cold-shoulder, slight - pay no attention to, disrespect; "She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance" reject - refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper" discredit - cause to be distrusted or disbelieved; "The paper discredited the politician with its nasty commentary" shrug off - minimize the importance of, brush aside; "Jane shrugged off the news that her stock had fallen 3 points" pass off - disregard; "She passed off the insult" flout, scoff - treat with contemptuous disregard; "flout the rules" turn a blind eye - refuse to acknowledge; "He turns a blind eye to the injustices in his office" laugh away, laugh off - deal with a problem by laughing or pretending to be amused by it; "She laughs away all these problems" disoblige - ignore someone's wishes

Translations

? brush off

vt sep

mud, snow → abbürsten; insect → verscheuchen

(inf: = reject) person → abblitzen lassen (inf); suggestion, criticism → zurückweisen

vi (mud etc) → sich abbürsten or (with hand, cloth) → abwischen lassen