EDUCATION

geta disappointing negative answer to a question or a request

Auditors got a dusty answer when they sought more legal protection for their partnership
structure. Google

Mr Fell said: "History records that he got a dusty answer but 10 years later we were chasing him.".  Google

Mr Brennan’s plea also got a dusty answer from Lee Jasper, Ken Livingstone’s Senior Policy Advisor on policing.  Google