give someone the brush-off
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editgive 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.