Brush off Moderate

Brush off has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

Alternative spelling of brush-off

Verb

bar from attention or consideration

"She dismissed his advances"

dismiss disregard brush aside brush off discount push aside ignore

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see brush,‎ off. To remove something with a brush.

See Also

sweep aside ignore dismiss brush depart snub rebuff remove

Related Terms

sweep aside ignore dismiss brush depart snub rebuff remove brush offs disregard

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

reject

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

slight discredit shrug off pass off scoff turn a blind eye laugh off disoblige

Rhyming Words

off boff hoff doff coff loff moff koff toff goff geoff scoff swoff groff cloff droff gnoff feoff snoff nroff

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