brush off (someone/something)

to not accept someone or something as being important.

When she told me my project would be a better television film than a feature film, I thought she was brushing me off.

But the prime minister brushed off that criticism, saying it was just talk.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of brush something off (= to remove something from a surface by moving your hand quickly over it)

• have got to be kidding
• have got to hand it to
• have got to hand it to someone
• have green fingers
• have guts for garters
• have had a bellyful of
• have had a bellyful of something
• have had a good innings
• have had chips
• have had day
• have had fill
• have had fill of
• have had fill of something
• have had it
• have had its chips
• have had its day
• have had it up to here
• have had it with
• have had it with someone
• have had it with something
• have had more something than has had hot dinners
• have had more something than someone has had hot dinners
• have had more than fair share of
• have had more than fair share of something
• have had more than has had hot dinners