brush off

See also: brushoff and brush-off

English

Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see brush,‎ off. To remove something with a brush.
(idiomatic) To disregard (something), to dismiss or ignore (someone), as unimportant.
- 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XVIII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, OCLC 1227855:
  Again I begged her to keep an eye on her blood pressure and not get so worked up, and once more she brushed me off, this time with a curt request that I would go and boil my head.
(dated) To depart with a sweeping motion.
- Goldsmith
  Snatching his hat, he brushed off like the wind.

to remove with a brush

to disregard

brush off (plural brush offs)

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