give someone the brush-off

Verb

Meaning

give someone the brush-off (third-person singular simple present gives someone the brush-off, present participle giving someone the brush-off, simple past gave someone the brush-off, past participle given someone the brush-off)

(intransitive, idiomatic) To rebuff, snub or curtly reject someone.
I asked three different clerks, and they all gave me the brush-off.

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Synonyms

snub rebuff spurn cold-shoulder pop the question cut someone dead give somebody the cold shoulder give somebody the run-around

Antonyms

take a look investigate predict live with go for stick out

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Close letter words and terms

give someone the big e give someone the blues give someone the boot give someone the bullet give someone the business give someone the chair