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get the brush-off

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get the brush-off

To be rejected, snubbed, ignored, or rebuffed (by someone). I thought everything was fine between Rebecca and me, but then I got the brush-off at a party last weekend. I guess she's still mad. Teachers have said they are getting the brush-off by local politicians regarding proposed cuts to school funding. Samantha has had a broken heart ever since she got the brush-off from David.

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