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Meanings of brush off in English

Portuguese
deixar de lado
Catalan
deixar de banda
Spanish
excluir

Bar from attention or consideration.

      deixar de lado
      Usage of brush off in English
      1
      It's a good challenge, though the ball does brush off his hand.
      The Guardian
      2
      Don't wash them; simply brush off excess soil if you want to.
      Canning & preserving for dummies 2nd edition
      3
      Pendergast waved away these words as one might brush off a fly.
      White fire
      4
      Comcast responded to the Chieftain Capital letter with a characteristic brush off.
      Wired
      5
      Aunt Genendel warned that a maid is not something to brush off.
      The new yorker
      6
      Grinning vacantly, Tom allowed Ralph to brush off his shirt and pants.
      The stand
      7
      The left hand drops behind the left side to brush off the opponent.
      Cheng Tzu's Thirteen Treatises on T'ai Chi Ch'uan
      8
      So brush off snow constantly and remove layers as necessary to minimize sweating.
      Survive!: essential skills and tactics to get you out of anywher...
      9
      In the morning brush off all ashes, and wipe or blacken the stove.
      The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking / Adapted to Domesti...
      10
      Not even Gwendolyn's relentless good mood could brush off those comments.
      The captive
      11
      She felt the medical profession had given her the brush off.
      Radio NZ
      12
      Otherwise we constantly tried to redirect dripping water and brush off incoming snow.
      Rock and Ice Magazine
      13
      Allow to dry and brush off the excess of the powder.
      Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
      14
      Clapping her hands to brush off the sand, Misaki circled the mountain once.
      Welcome to the N.H.K.
      15
      They are... survival artists. Greek players have had to brush off constant mockery.
      Reuters
      16
      He decided to brush off his passengers and forget what he had seen.
      The Big-Town Round-Up
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      Translations for brush off
      Brush off through the time
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      United States of America
      Common
      United Kingdom
      Common