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brush something under the carpet

brush something under the carpet verb: synonym of sweep something under the rug.

Verb

brush something under the carpet (third-person singular simple present brushes something under the carpet, present participle brushing something under the carpet, simple past and past participle brushed something under the carpet)

  1. Synonym of sweep something under the rug.

Synonyms of brush something under the carpet

Forms of brush something under the carpet

third-person singular presentbrushes something under the carpet
present participlebrushing something under the carpet
past participlebrushed something under the carpet
pastbrushed something under the carpet

Questions about brush something under the carpet

What does brush something under the carpet mean?
Brush something under the carpet means synonym of sweep something under the rug.
What part of speech is brush something under the carpet?
Brush something under the carpet is a verb.
What is the past tense of brush something under the carpet?
The past tense of brush something under the carpet is brushed something under the carpet.

Words near brush something under the carpet in the dictionary

  1. brush past
  2. brush pen
  3. brush pens
  4. brush rabbit
  5. brush rabbits
  6. brush something under the carpet
  7. brush something under the rug
  8. brush talk
  9. brush talks
  10. brush truck
  11. brush turkey

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