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Brush Off
How to Conjugate Brush Off
- Infinitive: Brush Off
- Present Tense: Brush Off/ Brushes Off
- -ing Form: Brushing Off
- Past Tense: Brushed Off
- Past Participle: Brushed Off
Brush Off is a separable and non-separable phrasal verb and has 2 definitions.
Definitions of Brush Off:
1. To remove something(dust particle, insect, etc) with your hand.
Examples: Wesley brushed the spider off his shoulder without a flinch.
Ewww! Don’t brush your dandruff off on my desk!
2. To intentionally ignore or avoid talking to someone.
Examples: You need to stop being so sensitive and learn how to brush off rude comments.
I saw Ny yesterday at the mall, but she brushed me off like she didn’t see me.
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