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*brush-off Fig. rejection; being cast aside and ignored. (*Typically: get ~; give someone ~.) Don't talk to Tom. He'll just give you the brush-off. I went up to her and asked for a date, but I got the brush-off. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Even if your friends stop giving you the brush-off and the three of you start hanging out again, it's cool to have other awesome people in your life. Young Charlie, a pointy-nosed gray dog, gets the brush-off from his distracted parents when he complains of having nothing to do, so he goes to his room, kicks a neglected teddy bear lying on the floor, and consequently discovers that his stuffed bear can talk. When you laugh, you're laughing both at the absurdity of the specific idea or allusion--that ludicrous brush-off of foreign news--and also at the Colbert character's eccentricity. |
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