give someone the brush-off
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give someone the brush-off
verb gives someone the brush-off · giving someone the brush-off · gave someone the brush-off · given someone the brush-off
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To rebuff, snub or curtly reject someone.
I asked three different clerks, and they all gave me the brush-off.
Similar: give somebody the run-around, give somebody the cold shoulder
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