give someone the brush-off

短语

发音

AU

词形变化

gave someone the brush-off given someone the brush-off gives someone the brush-off 三单 gives someone the brush-off giving someone the brush-off giving someone the brush-off 现在分词 gave someone the brush-off 过去式 given someone the brush-off 过去式 given someone the brush-off 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To rebuff, snub or curtly reject someone.

    习语 不及物

    I asked three different clerks, and they all gave me the brush-off.