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1 brush-off
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2 get the brush-off
(to reject or be rejected abruptly.) torjua, tulla torjutuksi -
3 brush
• ottelu• ruokota• häntä• hyväillä• hipaista• hipaisu• hivellä• varvikko• sipaista• siivota• silittää• sivellin• sivellä• pusikko• pöheikkö• pyyhkiä• tiheikkö• kammata• harjata• harja• pensseli• pensasto• pesuharja• pensaikko• selkkaus• suoria• suka• sukia• suti• luuta* * *1. noun1) (an instrument with bristles, wire, hair etc for cleaning, scrubbing etc: a toothbrush; He sells brushes.) harja2) (an act of brushing.) harjaus3) (a bushy tail of a fox.) ketunhäntä4) (a disagreement: a slight brush with the law.) yhteenotto2. verb1) (to rub with a brush: He brushed his jacket.) harjata2) (to remove (dust etc) by sweeping with a brush: brush the floor.) lakaista3) (to make tidy by using a brush: Brush your hair!) harjata4) (to touch lightly in passing: The leaves brushed her face.) hipaista•- brush away
- brush up
- give
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4 brush away
(to wipe off: She brushed away a tear; She brushed it away.) pyyhkiä pois -
5 sweep
• nokikolari• nuohooja• nuohota• veto• vintti• astua arvokkaasti• ala• ulottuvaisuus• pyyhkäys• pyyhkäistä• pyyhkäisy• pyyhkiä• raivata• kantama• kiitää• liukua yli• kaartuva tie• kaartua• kaari• kaartaa• kaarros• mutka• suma• kulkea nopeasti• lakaisu• laaja näkymäaviation• laskeutua• lakaistaelectricity• piiri* * *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.) lakaista2) (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.) pyyhkäistä3) (to move quickly over: The disease/craze is sweeping the country.) pyyhkiä yli4) (to move swiftly or in a proud manner: High winds sweep across the desert; She swept into my room without knocking on the door.) pyyhältää2. noun1) (an act of sweeping, or process of being swept, with a brush etc: She gave the room a sweep.) lakaisu2) (a sweeping movement: He indicated the damage with a sweep of his hand.) heilautus3) (a person who cleans chimneys.) nuohooja4) (a sweepstake.) vedonlyönti•- 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
- sweep up -
6 scrub
• jynssäys• jynssätä• puhdistaa• kitkeä• hangata• pestä• pensaikko• pensas• kuurata* * *1. past tense, past participle - scrubbed; verb1) (to rub hard in order to clean: She's scrubbing the floor.) jynssätä2) (to remove by scrubbing: She scrubbed the mess off the carpet.) pestä3) (to cancel: We planned to go but had to scrub the idea.) hylätä2. noun(an act of scrubbing.) kuuraus
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 — 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… … New idioms dictionary
brush off something — 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… … New idioms dictionary
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
