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Definition of Brush off
1. Verb. Bar from attention or consideration. "She dismissed his advances"
Specialized synonyms: Cold-shoulder, Slight, Discredit, Shrug Off, Pass Off, Flout, Scoff, Turn A Blind Eye, Laugh Away, Laugh Off, Disoblige
Generic synonyms: Reject
Derivative terms: Brush-off, Dismissive, Disregard, Disregard
Definition of Brush off
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of brush-off) ¹
2. Verb. (&lit brush off) To remove something with a brush. ¹
3. Verb. (idiomatic) To disregard (something), to dismiss or ignore (someone), as unimportant. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brush Off
Literary usage of Brush off
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of Lorenzo De' Medici, Called the Magnificent by William Roscoe (1803)
"... when he began to study under Cimabue, was to paint a fly on the nose of one
of his master's portraits, which the deluded artist attempted to brush off ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"Sweep away, sweep, brush off, brush Swarthy, a. Dark, dark-skinned, dark-hued,
brown, tawny, of a dark complexion. Swarth, f swarthy. Swash, v, n. ..."
3. A Zulu-English Dictionary with Notes on Pronunciation, a Revised Orthography by Alfred T. Bryant (1905)
"Wipe off or brush off by a sharp sweeping motion of the hand, brush, etc. (not
rub out or wipe off with force = kuhla, ..."
4. Senate Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Public Documents and Executive by United States Congress. Senate (1856)
"We claim the method described and shown of causing the brushes c to accommodate
themselves to any size or shape of boot or shoe, and brush off both sides at ..."
5. Receipts and Remedies: Useful Hints for Everyone on Health, Beauty, Clothing by Louis Andrew Flemming (1908)
"Scrape this on the spots and rub it in; then allow it to remain for twenty-four
hours, brush off lightly, and if the grease has not entirely disappeared, ..."
6. Kato Texts by Pliny Earle Goddard (1910)
""Quick, take the brush off," he said. "Again, take the brush off the other one."
When they took the brush off, one had become a spike buck and the other a ..."
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