"brush-off" meaning in English

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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "brush off"
      },
      "expansion": "Deverbal from brush off",
      "name": "deverbal"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Deverbal from brush off.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "brush-offs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "brush-off (plural brush-offs)",
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "name": "English deverbals",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "give someone the brush-off"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "A halfhearted “thank you” may be a brush-off."
        },
        {
          "text": "For the first time, we in the SF ghetto are beginning to get criticism – not brush-offs from literary snobs."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An abrupt rebuff, a snub or curt rejection, a disdainful dismissal."
      ],
      "id": "en-brush-off-en-noun-EenQWFz9",
      "links": [
        [
          "rebuff",
          "rebuff"
        ],
        [
          "snub",
          "snub"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "brushoff"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "brush-off"
}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "give someone the brush-off"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "brush off"
      },
      "expansion": "Deverbal from brush off",
      "name": "deverbal"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Deverbal from brush off.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "brush-offs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "brush-off (plural brush-offs)",
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "English deverbals",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English phrasal nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "A halfhearted “thank you” may be a brush-off."
        },
        {
          "text": "For the first time, we in the SF ghetto are beginning to get criticism – not brush-offs from literary snobs."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An abrupt rebuff, a snub or curt rejection, a disdainful dismissal."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rebuff",
          "rebuff"
        ],
        [
          "snub",
          "snub"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "brushoff"
    }
  ],
  "word": "brush-off"
}