brush up to in English

Forms: brushes up to [present, singular, third-person], brushing up to [participle, present], brushed up to [participle, past], brushed up to [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} brush up to (third-person singular simple present brushes up to, present participle brushing up to, simple past and past participle brushed up to)

Inflected forms

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      "form": "brushes up to",
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        "To flatter or suck up to someone"
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        "(slang, archaic) To flatter or suck up to someone"
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    {
      "form": "brushes up to",
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    {
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"brush up to" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms