brush somebody/something ↔ off
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
brush off• It would have been much easier to just brush it off.• Scrub away any residue with water and a stiff brush.• The fact that he'd made love to her and then tried to brush her off.• I brushed it off and placed it in the center of my palm, where it looked tiny and fragile.• This is worth dwelling on, because those who brush quality off as unaffordable abound in the business world as well.• Somebody brushes sand off his drum, as trumpets ooze.• He did not bother to brush the dirt off his knees.• She brushed dust off the toe.ˈbrush-off noun [singular] REJECT/NOT ACCEPTrude or unfriendly behaviour that shows you are not interested in someone 拒绝；冷落 She gave him the brush-off. 她让他碰了一鼻子灰。 I tried to be friendly but I just got the brush-off. 我想示好，可是却碰了钉子。 → brush off at brush2Examples from the Corpus
brush-off• What is interesting is that the brush-off did not weaken her resolve or deflect her from her mission.got the brush-off• The Liverpool lads got the brush-off and were annoyed.ˈbrush-off nounChineseSyllable
are unfriendly rude or Corpus behaviour interested that shows you not
brush somebody/something ↔ off
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++brush somebody/something ↔ off → brush somebody/something ↔ off at brush2(PHRASAL VERB) to refuse to listen to someone or their ideas, especially by ignoring them or saying something rude