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brush over

brush over verb: to barely cover a topic; to skim through or lightly touch on (something).

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To barely cover a topic; to skim through or lightly touch on (something).

Forms of brush over

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

Questions about brush over

What does brush over mean?
Brush over means to barely cover a topic; to skim through or lightly touch on (something).
What part of speech is brush over?
Brush over is a verb.
What is the past tense of brush over?
The past tense of brush over is brushed over.

Words near brush over in the dictionary

  1. brush hooks
  2. brush off
  3. brush offs
  4. brush one's teeth
  5. brush out
  6. brush over
  7. brush past
  8. brush pen
  9. brush pens
  10. brush rabbit
  11. brush rabbits

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