"brush past" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: brushes past [present, singular, third-person], brushing past [participle, present], brushed past [participle, past], brushed past [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} brush past (third-person singular simple present brushes past, present participle brushing past, simple past and past participle brushed past)
  1. (transitive) To go by (someone or something) quickly, making slight contact. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-brush_past-en-verb-OZd5yqnJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (past)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for brush past meaning in English (1.1kB)

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