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brush back

brush back verb: to throw a brushback pitch at (a batter).

Verb

brush back (third-person singular simple present brushes back, present participle brushing back, simple past and past participle brushed back)

  1. (transitive) To throw a brushback pitch at (a batter).
  2. (figuratively, intransitive) To respond to criticism or arguments; to defend oneself against criticism.

Forms of brush back

third-person singular presentbrushes back
present participlebrushing back
past participlebrushed back
pastbrushed back

Questions about brush back

What does brush back mean?
Brush back means to throw a brushback pitch at (a batter).
What part of speech is brush back?
Brush back is a verb.
What is the past tense of brush back?
The past tense of brush back is brushed back.

Words near brush back in the dictionary

  1. Bruscos
  2. Bruses
  3. brush
  4. brush aside
  5. brush away
  6. brush back
  7. brush blade
  8. brush blades
  9. brush border
  10. brush borders
  11. brush bow

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