We got the brush-off wherever we showed our faces.    From Wordnik.com.  [Science Fiction Hall of Fame]

Her standard, scathing brush-off died on her lips.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Witness]

Not when she was still hurting from that brush-off.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sully's Kids]

He'd been subjected to a brush-off that still stung.    From Wordnik.com.  [The crush]

Being sent to another stakeholder is not a brush-off.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lucia Brawley: Greatest Hits of the Community Marketing Blog-Of] Reference

You haven't gotten the brush-off from anybody, have you?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 2, 2008] Reference

But the young lawyer says Google gave him the brush-off.    From Wordnik.com.  [Google Under Fire] Reference

The minder had given the brush-off to plenty before them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Two For The Lions]

The book says she was polite, but they felt the brush-off.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 2, 2006] Reference

“So this is why I got the brush-off tonight,” she said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blood Brothers]

I looked out the window, and she was giving him the brush-off.    From Wordnik.com.  [White Jazz]

The queen of daytime goes shopping and gets the royal brush-off.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 22, 2005] Reference

"What kind of a brush-off do you think you're trying to give me?".    From Wordnik.com.  [Children of the Lens]

"Ain't these guys worth a brush-off?" the goblin wondered amiably.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mercadian Masques]

Having braced herself for the brush-off, Anna was unsure how to feel.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hunting Season]

Whenever a fellow starts to get serious, she gives him the brush-off.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mystery Dad]

She was definitely being given the brush-off, Hebe realised painfully.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pregnant by the Millionaire]

Don had an unpleasant feeling that he was being given a polite brush-off.    From Wordnik.com.  [Between Planets]

These kids are trying to break a world record for a simultaneous brush-off.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 29, 2006] Reference

I'm feeling more and more like yesterday was a good old fashioned brush-off.    From Wordnik.com.  [madrigle Diary Entry] Reference

Chertoff was not available; one of his assistants gave Rowley the brush-off.    From Wordnik.com.  [Coleen Rowley: 'Justifying' Torture: Two Big Lies] Reference

I made a brush-off gesture and said, "I've got to tell him I'm still alive.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Crashlander]

He shrugged off the brush-off, immediately corralled another of Norma's friends.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Metrognome and other Stories]

But companies have grown even more adept at giving angry consumers the brush-off.    From Wordnik.com.  [Complaining the Right Way] Reference

Next day, Friday, I had either bum luck or a double brush-off, I wasn't sure which.    From Wordnik.com.  [Murder By The Book]

Outside the headquarters building, Roger Burris attempted to give us a quick brush-off.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine]

But it was clear the president was not consulted, and left the impression of a brush-off.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 29, 2006] Reference

But your casual brush-off of my dreadful experience in 1999 inspired me to challenge you.    From Wordnik.com.  [Holly Robinson Peete: A Response to Sally Pipes] Reference

In his best-selling memoir, Powell did not mention his brush-off of Tom Glen's complaint.    From Wordnik.com.  [Colin Powell and Lessons of My Lai] Reference

The other big bad of the night was the brush-off to The Bold and the Beautiful at the end.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ed Martin: Daytime Emmys 2009: The Beginning of the End?] Reference

Some operators will be quick with a brush-off, so don't be afraid to hang up and try again.    From Wordnik.com.  [Burning Question: Can Recession Be a Bargaining Chip?] Reference

I spent over 50 years trying to get into Paul's pants, but he kept giving me the brush-off.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tallulah Morehead: Dead Folks] Reference

'The woman is yet to be born who is capable of giving Fermin Romero de Torres the brush-off.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Shadow of the Wind]

Then suppose you go in and talk to him; he's a good guy, and he won't give you the brush-off.    From Wordnik.com.  [Science Fiction Hall of Fame]

In his best-selling 1995 memoir, Powell didn't mention his brush-off of Tom Glen's complaint.    From Wordnik.com.  [Colin Powell Being Colin Powell] Reference

In his best-selling 1995 memoir, Powell didn’t mention his brush-off of Tom Glen’s complaint.    From Wordnik.com.  [Printing: Colin Powell Being Colin Powell] Reference

Wick pretended not to recognize a brush-off line when he heard one and fell into step beside her.    From Wordnik.com.  [The crush]