brush-off



*brush-off

Fig. rejection; being cast aside and ignored. (*Typically: get ~; give someone ~.) Don't talk to Tom. He'll just give you the brush-off. I went up to her and asked for a date, but I got the brush-off.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Savannasə-VAN-əEnglish (Modern)
Eustaquioe-oo-STAH-kyo (Spanish)Spanish, Portuguese
Yehochanan-Biblical Hebrew
TrixTRIKSEnglish
HathorHAHTH-awr (English)Egyptian Mythology (Hellenized)
ArnoldAHR-nəld (English), AHR-nawlt (German)English, German, Ancient Germanic