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Russkiy Bear Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Brush aside and brush off

  • he brushed her ideas / accussations aside
  • he brushed her ideas / accussations off
  • She brushed him off/aside after from after breaking up
What's the difference between brush off and brush aside? I looked the verbs up and they're kind of the same
  

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Russkiy Bear I looked the verbs up and they're kind of the same Yes, they mean about the same, but the context they are used in might be different: Brush aside ideas, proposals, accusations, etc. means to dismiss them and take them out of consideration Brush a person off - ignore their advances.

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  • Russkiy Bear I looked the verbs up and they're kind of the same Yes, they mean about the same, but the context they are used in might be different: Brush aside ideas, proposals, accusations, etc.
  • means to dismiss them and take them out of consideration Brush a person off - ignore their advances.
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Russkiy BearI looked the verbs up and they're kind of the same
Yes, they mean about the same, but the context they are used in might be different:

Brush aside ideas, proposals, accusations, etc. means to dismiss them and take them out of consideration
Brush a person off - ignore their advances.
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