Meaning

1 senses
  1. An abrupt rebuff, a snub or curt rejection, a disdainful dismissal.

    A halfhearted “thank you” may be a brush-off.

    For the first time, we in the SF ghetto are beginning to get criticism – not brush-offs from literary snobs.

    a curt or disdainful rejection

Origin

Deverbal from brush off.

Deverbal from brush off.

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Forms

plural: brush-offs

Word family

1 related words
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See also

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