noun
[ sing. ] ( informal ) rude or unfriendly behaviour that shows that a person is not interested in sb :
Paul asked Tara out to dinner but she gave him the brush-off .
noun
[ sing. ] ( informal ) rude or unfriendly behaviour that shows that a person is not interested in sb :
Paul asked Tara out to dinner but she gave him the brush-off .
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005