"brush-off" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Deverbal from brush off",
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  "etymology_text": "Deverbal from brush off.",
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      "form": "brush-offs",
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  "pos": "noun",
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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."
        }
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        "An abrupt rebuff, a snub or curt rejection, a disdainful dismissal."
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          "rebuff",
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          "snub",
          "snub"
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "brushoff"
        }
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  "word": "brush-off"
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        },
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        }
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    }
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  "word": "brush-off"
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