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brush-off noun a rejection US, 1938- [S]he reminded him of Lindy whom he’d given the brush-off. — Wilda Moxham, The Apprentice, p. 174, 1969
- [H]e got negative responses, distinguished only by hostile looks and shakes of the head from low-rider types who made him for fuzz and annoyed brush-offs from young women who didn’t like his style. — James Ellroy, Because the Night, p. 312, 1984
- Give councillor the brush off. — Wanstead and Woodford Guardian, 22 August 2003
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