Usually means: Dismiss or ignore someone rudely.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word brush off:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. brush-off, the brush-off: Merriam-Webster
  2. brush-off: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. brush-off, brush-off, brush off: Collins English Dictionary
  4. brush-off, brush off: Vocabulary.com
  5. brush-off: Wordnik
  6. the brush-off: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. brush-off, brush off: Wiktionary
  8. brush-off: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. brush-off: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. brush-off, brush off: Dictionary.com
  11. The Brush-Off: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. brush-off, brush off: Rhymezone
  13. brush-off: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. brush-off, brush off: FreeDictionary.org
  15. brush-off, brush off: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. brush-off, brush off: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. brush off: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. brush off: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. brush off: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. brush off: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. brush-off, brush off: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. brush off: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. brush off: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See brush_offs as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (brush off)

verb:  (idiomatic) To disregard (something), to dismiss or ignore (someone), as unimportant.
verb:  (dated) To depart with a sweeping motion; to rush away.
verb:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see brush, off. To remove something with a brush.
noun:  Nonstandard spelling of brush-off. [An abrupt rebuff, a snub or curt rejection, a disdainful dismissal.]

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