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verb

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as in to shrug off

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brush-off

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noun

ˈbrəsh-ˌȯf How to pronounce brush-off (audio)
as in dismissal
treatment that is deliberately unfriendly the mayor tends to give anyone under voting age the brush-off

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brush (off)
  1. shrug off
  2. dismissal
  3. rejection
  4. reject
  5. snub
  6. dismiss
  7. scorn
  8. pass over
Verb
  • Last week, before Branch joined those ranks, Riley shrugged off concerns about his receiver room.
    Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
  • But she’s shrugged off the pressure around Trump’s nominees.
    Julia Manchester, The Hill, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of shrug off
Noun
  • The lawsuits are likely destined for dismissal but, by Trump’s thinking, that doesn’t matter.
    Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Other dismissals announced by Zelensky were Ukraine's ambassador to China, Pavlo Riabikin, Vasyl Hamianin (Indonesia), Serhii Korsunskyi (Japan), Petro Beshta (Lithuania), Andriy Taran (Slovenia) and Andrii Pravednyk (Rwanda).
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of dismissal
Noun
  • There have been only nine rejections of Cabinet nominees by the Senate in American history.
    George Liebmann, Baltimore Sun, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Three genes were eliminated to avoid an immediate immune rejection after the transplant, Montgomery said.
    Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of rejection
Verb
  • Government shutdown:Donald Trump rejects bipartisan plan to avoid a government shutdown, sets up debt ceiling battle When is the government shutdown deadline?
    Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Ultimately, Republicans rejected Trump’s demand to eliminate the debt limit completely.
    David Sivak, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of reject
Noun
  • Uiagalelei, the team’s sack leader and second in the Big Ten with 10 1/2 sacks, was a surprising snub.
    Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2024
  • Last year, many Orthodox Christians in Ukraine celebrated on December 25 for the first time, shifting away from Russian customs toward Western conventions and widely seen as a snub to Russia and its orthodox church, which has endorsed Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of snub
Verb
  • The judge issued a ruling to nolle the charges against him, meaning they would be dismissed.
    David R. Cameron, Hartford Courant, 31 Dec. 2024
  • But dismissing these alternatives outright misses the point.
    Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of dismiss
Verb
  • In the end, however, modernist design and an eye towards the future were ultimately scorned by the Nazi party.
    Alexandra Bregman, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
  • Washington's social and media elite scorned their style.
    Brian Smith, arkansasonline.com, 29 Dec. 2024
Definition of scorn
Verb
  • April's eclipse passed over three countries: Mexico, the U.S. and Canada.
    Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2024
  • Now, that could be passed over for the fast fashion of a thin phone.
    Ewan Spence, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of pass over
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