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BRUSH-OFF
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Dictionary entry overview: What does brush-off mean?
• BRUSH-OFF (noun)
The noun BRUSH-OFF has 1 sense:
1. a curt or disdainful rejection
Familiarity information: BRUSH-OFF used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A curt or disdainful rejection
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("brush-off" is a kind of...):
rejection (the act of rejecting something)
Derivation:
brush off (bar from attention or consideration)
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