brush-off
English
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editbrush-off (plural brush-offs)
- An abrupt rebuff, a snub or curt rejection, a disdainful dismissal.
- A halfhearted “thank you” may be a brush-off.
- For the first time, we in the SF ghetto are beginning to get criticism – not brush-offs from literary snobs.