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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.

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BUSINESSWOMAN Sara Shoemark has given the credit crunch the brush-off by investing in a new salon in Flintshire. NEW SALON OPENS TO BEAT THE RECESSION by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) Thankfully, Dougal is no worse the wear after his brush-off Foal play won't earn Dougal his stripes! by Birmingham Mail (England) LUKE HARVEY strikes the Dikler as one of life's more genial characters, but he was clearly deeply rattled after Mick Kinane gave him "a stony-faced" brush-off when asked for an interview on Radio 5 Live at Goodwood. Harvey hits back at Kinane; THE DIKLER The talk of racing by The Racing Post (London, England)			brow browbeat into brown brown as a berry brown off brown out brown-bagging brown-nose browned browse browse among browse on browse over bruit about brunt brush brush against brush aside brush away brush by brush down brush off brush over brush up brush with death brush-off bubble bubble over bubble up buck buck for buck naked buck off buck stops here buck the system buck the trend buck up bucket buckle buckle down buckle in buckle under buckle up bud bud out budding genius buddy buddy up budge an inch budget for buff			brush wolf brush wolf brush wolves brush wolves Brush Your Shoulders Off Brush your teeth Brush your teeth brush, bristle polishing Brush, Charles brush, clasp brush, Dixon bristle Brush, George Brush, George de Forest Brush, George Marvin brush, interdental brush, interproximal brush, polishing brush, wheel polishing brush, wire polishing Brush-Border Membrane Brush-Border Membrane Vesicles Brush-Border Myosin 1 Brush-footed butterflies Brush-footed butterflies brush-footed butterfly brush-footed butterfly brush-like brush-like brush-like brush-like brush-off brush-offs brush-on, fluoride gel brush-on, fluoride gel brush-on, fluoride gel brush-on, fluoride gel brush-shifting motor brush-tail porcupine brush-tailed phalanger Brush-tailed Phascogale Brush-tailed Phascogale brush-tailed porcupine brush-tailed possum brush-up brush-ups brushability brushback Brushback pitch brushback pitches brushbacks brushed brushed brushed brushed brushed brushed aside brushed aside brushed aside brushed aside brushed back brushed back

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