Definition of Brush off

1. Verb. Bar from attention or consideration. "She dismissed his advances"


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

brush aside
brush biopsy
brush border
brush bow
brush burn
brush by
brush catheter
brush cut
brush discharge
brush down
brush fire
brush habitat
brush heap structure
brush kangaroo
brush layering
brush off
brush offs
brush on
brush turkey
brush turkeys
brush up
brush wheel
brush wheels
brush wolf
brushabilities
brushability
brushable
brushback
brushbacks
brushbar

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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