"brush off" meaning in English

See brush off in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: en-au-brush off.ogg Forms: brush offs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} brush off (plural brush offs)
  1. Nonstandard spelling of brush-off. Tags: alt-of, nonstandard Alternative form of: brush-off
    Sense id: en-brush_off-en-noun-SHRcZYRx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English phrasal verbs formed with "off", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 10 12 18 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 55 13 16 16 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "off": 59 10 12 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 55 13 16 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 62 13 10 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 71 6 8 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 64 9 13 13 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 53 15 17 15 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 59 11 14 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 62 11 13 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 65 10 13 12

Verb

Audio: en-au-brush off.ogg Forms: brushes off [present, singular, third-person], brushing off [participle, present], brushed off [participle, past], brushed off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} brush off (third-person singular simple present brushes off, present participle brushing off, simple past and past participle brushed off)
  1. (idiomatic) To disregard (something), to dismiss or ignore (someone), as unimportant. Tags: idiomatic Translations (to disregard): zkvaknout (Czech), ignorer (French), regarder de haut (French), abbügeln (German), отмести́ (otmestí) [imperfective] (Russian), отмета́ть (otmetátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), ignorar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-brush_off-en-verb-std28gTi Disambiguation of 'to disregard': 93 5 2
  2. (dated) To depart with a sweeping motion; to rush away. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-brush_off-en-verb-aSC9XfOL
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see brush, off. To remove something with a brush. Derived forms: brush-off [noun], brushoff [noun] Translations (to remove with a brush): смести́ (smestí) [imperfective] (Russian), смета́ть (smetátʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-brush_off-en-verb-69srgnYl Disambiguation of 'to remove with a brush': 12 9 80

Inflected forms

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