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Meaning of give someone the brush-off | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To rebuff, snub or curtly reject someone.

idiomatic, intransitive

Examples

“I asked three different clerks, and they all gave me the brush-off.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

give someone the business give someone the chair give someone the cold shoulder give someone the creeps give someone the eye give someone the gears