brush over in English

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

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

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To barely cover a topic; to skim through or lightly touch on (something)."
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "brushes over",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brushing over",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brushed over",
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        "past"
      ]
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      "form": "brushed over",
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        "past"
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"brush over" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms