brush off
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brush off
verb brushes off · brushing off · brushed off
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To disregard (something), to dismiss or ignore (someone), as unimportant.
Again I begged her to keep an eye on her blood pressure and not get so worked up, and once more she brushed me off, this time with a curt request that I would go and boil my head.
Similar: shrug off
- To depart with a sweeping motion; to rush away. Thus, ſeizing his hat, he bruſh’d off like the wind, / And the Porter and Eatables follow’d behind.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see brush, off. To remove something with a brush.
noun brush offs
- Nonstandard spelling of brush-off
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Talk about this word "brush off." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/brush%20off. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. brush off. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/brush%20off "brush off." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/brush%20off.
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@misc{brush_off_2026,
title = {brush off},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/brush%20off},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
