Translations for „brush-off“ in the English » German Dictionary

ˈbrush-off N no pl

brush-off

Abfuhr f

to get the brush-off from sb

von jdm einen Korb bekommen inf

to give sb the brush-off

jdm eine Abfuhr erteilen

to give sb the brush-off

jdn abblitzen lassen inf

brush off VB trans

1. brush off (remove with brush):

to brush off ⇆ sth

etw abbürsten

2. brush off (ignore):

to brush off ⇆ sb

jdn abblitzen lassen inf

to brush off ⇆ sth

etw zurückweisen

brush off VB

User Entry

get up, brush yourself off, and carry on going (recover from failure) fig

[nach Niederlage:] steh auf, atme kurz durch und dann mach weiter

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to get the brush-off from sb

von jdm einen Korb bekommen inf

to give sb the brush-off

jdm eine Abfuhr erteilen

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

If nothing else, that reply gives a good idea of the brush-off householders can expect to receive if they complain when the tariff rates they were promised are cut.

blogs.telegraph.co.uk

Those with smell disorders often feel they are given the brush-off by the medical profession.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Can you imagine what she would have thought, said, done, if one of her staff had given her that brush-off.

www.independent.ie

I got a polite brush-off.

www.dailymail.co.uk

But she gets the brush-off.

www.theglobeandmail.com

The brush-off did give him an idea.

www.nzherald.co.nz

You are given a brush-off a couple of times and advised to look-in after a day or two.

www.greaterkashmir.com

They seemed to be pivotal to the story but were given the narrative brush-off.

www.denofgeek.us

It is simply a brush-off.

www.thisismoney.co.uk

Sometimes, having given an innocent user a brush-off from one fake profile, the pseudo team member would then message them from a different fake account to continue the fake flirting.

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