brushoff

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brush·off also brush-off (br

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An abrupt dismissal or snub.

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brushoff

noun snub, rebuff, rejection, dismissal, cut, slight, refusal, go-by (slang), knock-back (slang), repulse, cold shoulder, repudiation, kick in the teeth (slang), kiss-off (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), bum's rush (slang), the (old) heave-ho (informal) He told me he'd been given the brush-off.

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