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brass off

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brass someone off
Sl. to make someone angry. (Primarily military. As angry as the "brass," or officers, might get about something.) You really brass me off. The private brassed off the sergeant.
See also: brass


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Steve Williams and Steve Presho halved to get Brass off the mark and John Westerman produced their sole win of the evening for a final score of 21-3.
they had all three of us step forward in front of the formation and the platoon sergeant and company commander came up and they took our Goddess Athena brass off and put crossed pistols on us.
One minute you're happily studying English at a former poly in Bristol, the next you've managed to brass off a fair proportion of the optical fraternity, who are only too happy to take part in an increasingly bitter public slanging match.
 
 
 
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