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brush past

brush past verb: to go by (someone or something) quickly, making slight contact.

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.

Forms of brush past

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

Questions about brush past

What does brush past mean?
Brush past means to go by (someone or something) quickly, making slight contact.
What part of speech is brush past?
Brush past is a verb.
What is the past tense of brush past?
The past tense of brush past is brushed past.

Words near brush past in the dictionary

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

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