brush off

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Nonstandard spelling of brush-off. alt-of,nonstandard
动词 v.
  1. To disregard (something), to dismiss or ignore (someone), as unimportant. idiomatic
    — Again I begged her to keep an eye on her blood pressure and not get so worked up, and once more she brushed me off, this time with a curt request that I would go and boil my head.
  2. To depart with a sweeping motion; to rush away. dated
    — Thus, ſeizing his hat, he bruſh’d off like the wind, / And the Porter and Eatables follow’d behind.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see brush, off. To remove something with a brush.

词形变化

brushes off present,singular,third-person brushing off participle,present brushed off participle,past brushed off past brush offs plural
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