brush-off in the PONS Dictionary

brush-off Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
He gets the same brush-off from a few more young women - some look embarrassed, others impatient.
www.bbc.co.uk
Or perhaps our summary brush-off wounded him keenly.
www.nzherald.co.nz
Those with smell disorders often feel they are given the brush-off by the medical profession.
www.telegraph.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.
www.channel4.com
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
The brush-off did give him an idea.
www.nzherald.co.nz
It is simply a brush-off.
www.thisismoney.co.uk
They were given the brush-off.
www.wired.com
He got a polite brush-off instead.
phenomena.nationalgeographic.com
They seemed to be pivotal to the story but were given the narrative brush-off.
www.denofgeek.us

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