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1 brush off
borsta av (bort); nobba, avspisa -
2 get the brush-off
(to reject or be rejected abruptly.) nobba, bli nobbad -
3 brush
n. borste; pensel; borstning; sammandrabbning, tumult; rävsvans; snårskog--------v. borsta; röra, snudda; borsta av; svepa förbi* * *1. noun1) (an instrument with bristles, wire, hair etc for cleaning, scrubbing etc: a toothbrush; He sells brushes.) borste2) (an act of brushing.) borstning3) (a bushy tail of a fox.) []svans4) (a disagreement: a slight brush with the law.) sammandrabbning, nappatag2. verb1) (to rub with a brush: He brushed his jacket.) borsta2) (to remove (dust etc) by sweeping with a brush: brush the floor.) sopa, borsta3) (to make tidy by using a brush: Brush your hair!) borsta4) (to touch lightly in passing: The leaves brushed her face.) vidröra, nudda (snudda) vid•- brush away
- brush up
- give
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4 brush away
(to wipe off: She brushed away a tear; She brushed it away.) stryka (torka) bort -
5 sweep
n. sopning; svep; sotare--------v. sopa; svepa, fara; dragga* * *[swi:p] 1. past tense, past participle - swept; verb1) (to clean (a room etc) using a brush or broom: The room has been swept clean.) sopa2) (to move as though with a brush: She swept the crumbs off the table with her hand; The wave swept him overboard; Don't get swept away by (= become over-enthusiastic about) the idea!; She swept aside my objections.) borsta, sopa, svepa3) (to move quickly over: The disease/craze is sweeping the country.) svepa4) (to move swiftly or in a proud manner: High winds sweep across the desert; She swept into my room without knocking on the door.) svepa, segla2. noun1) (an act of sweeping, or process of being swept, with a brush etc: She gave the room a sweep.) sopning, avborstning2) (a sweeping movement: He indicated the damage with a sweep of his hand.) svepande rörelse3) (a person who cleans chimneys.) sotare4) (a sweepstake.) sweepstake•- sweeper- sweeping
- sweeping-brush
- at one/a sweep
- sweep someone off his feet
- sweep off his feet
- sweep out
- sweep the board
- sweep under the carpet
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6 scrub
adj. snårbevuxen; ynklig; mindre än vanligt; stackare, krake--------n. busksnår, buskskog; gnuggning, polering, skrubbning, skurning; liten person, knatte; förkrympt träd--------v. gnugga, polera; skrubba, skura* * *1. past tense, past participle - scrubbed; verb1) (to rub hard in order to clean: She's scrubbing the floor.) skura, skrubba2) (to remove by scrubbing: She scrubbed the mess off the carpet.) skrubba3) (to cancel: We planned to go but had to scrub the idea.) slopa, spola, skippa2. noun(an act of scrubbing.) skurning, skrubbning
См. также в других словарях:
brush\ off — • brush off • give the brush off v. phr. 1. To refuse to hear or believe; quickly and impatiently; not take seriously or think important. John brushed off Bill s warning that he might fall from the tree. I said that it might rain and to take the… … Словарь американских идиом
brush-off — • brush off • give the brush off v. phr. 1. To refuse to hear or believe; quickly and impatiently; not take seriously or think important. John brushed off Bill s warning that he might fall from the tree. I said that it might rain and to take the… … Словарь американских идиом
brush-off — n [singular] rude or unfriendly behaviour that shows you are not interested in someone ▪ She gave him the brush off. ▪ I tried to be friendly but I just got the brush off. →brush off at ↑brush2 … Dictionary of contemporary English
brush off — (someone/something) to not accept someone or something as being important. When she told me my project would be a better television film than a feature film, I thought she was brushing me off. But the prime minister brushed off that criticism,… … New idioms dictionary
brush-off — /brush awf , of /, n. a refusal to talk or listen to someone; abrupt or final dismissal or rebuff. [1945 50, Amer.; n. use of v. phrase brush off] * * * … Universalium
brush off — brush aside / brush off [v] ignore; refuse boycott, cold shoulder*, contradict, cut, deny, disclaim, dismiss, disown, disregard, get rid of, have no time for*, ostracize, override, rebuff, reject, repudiate, scorn, send away, slight, snub, spurn … New thesaurus
brush off — index parry Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
brush-off — noun singular INFORMAL a clear sign to someone that you are not interested in them or in their ideas … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
brush-off — brush′ off n. an abrupt dismissal or rebuff • Etymology: 1945–50, amer … From formal English to slang
brush|off — «BRUHSH F, OF», noun. Informal. a refusal to see or listen; an abrupt dismissal or rebuke: »The reporter got a polite brushoff when he asked the mayor for an appointment … Useful english dictionary
brush-off — noun a curt or disdainful rejection • Derivationally related forms: ↑brush off • Hypernyms: ↑rejection * * * n discouragement, dismissal, rebuff, refusal, rejection, repudiation, repulse, slight, snub FORMAL repu … Useful english dictionary
