brush off
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(verb) reject outright and bluntly |
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Synonyms: rebuff, repel, snub |
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Related Words: disdain, freeze off, pooh-pooh, reject, scorn, spurn, turn down |
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(verb) bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances" |
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Synonyms: brush aside, discount, dismiss, disregard, ignore, push aside |
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Related Words: discredit, disoblige, flout, laugh away, laugh off, pass off, reject, scoff, turn a blind eye |
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