Idioms for brush
get the brush,
to be rejected or rebuffed: She greeted Jim effusively, but I got the brush.
give the brush,
to ignore, rebuff, etc.: If you're still angry with him, give him the brush.
Origin of brush
1SYNONYMS FOR brush
OTHER WORDS FROM brush
brush·a·ble, adjective brush·er, noun brush·like, adjective un·brush·a·ble, adjectiveWords nearby brush
British Dictionary definitions for brush aside (1 of 3)
brush aside
brush away
verb
(tr, adverb)
to dismiss without consideration; disregard
British Dictionary definitions for brush aside (2 of 3)
brush
1
/ (brʌʃ) /
noun
verb
Derived forms of brush
brusher, noun brushlike, adjectiveWord Origin for brush
C14: from Old French
broisse, perhaps from
broce
brush ²
British Dictionary definitions for brush aside (3 of 3)
brush
2
/ (brʌʃ) /
noun
a thick growth of shrubs and small trees; scrub
land covered with scrub
broken or cut branches or twigs; brushwood
wooded sparsely populated country; backwoods
Word Origin for brush
C16 (dense undergrowth), C14 (cuttings of trees): from Old French
broce, from Vulgar Latin
bruscia (unattested) brushwood
Idioms and Phrases with brush aside (1 of 2)
brush aside
Disregard, ignore, as in The teacher brushed aside our questions.
Idioms and Phrases with brush aside (2 of 2)
brush