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brush something under the rug

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

Verb

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

  1. Synonym of sweep something under the rug.

Synonyms of brush something under the rug

Forms of brush something under the rug

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

Questions about brush something under the rug

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

Words near brush something under the rug in the dictionary

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

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