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Katherine Brush

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New Yorkers are nice about giving you street directions; in fact, they seem quite proud of knowing where they are themselves.

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get the brush-off

[get the brush-off] {v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To be paid no attention; not be listened to or thought important. * /My idea for a party got the brush-off from the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

in fact

[in fact] also [in point of fact] {adv. phr.} Really truthfully. - Often used for emphasis. * /No one believed it but, in fact, Mary did get an A on […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

brush up

[brush up] or [brush up on] {v.} To refresh one's memory of or skill at by practice or review; improve; make perfect. * /She spent the summer brushing up on […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

street

[street] See: [BACK STREET], [CROSS STREET], [MAN IN THE STREET], [ON EASY STREET], [SIDE STREET], [STOP STREET], [THROUGH STREET]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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