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brushed aside

brushed aside is the simple past and past participle of brush aside.

Meaning of brush aside

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To disregard, dismiss or ignore something, as unimportant.
    • He brushed aside all my objections and went ahead with the project regardless.
  2. (transitive) To defeat with ease.
    • The ease with which Stoke brushed aside their Israeli opponents bodes well for the return fixture in early November, when a win could could secure their passage to the last 32.2011 October 20, Michael da Silva, “Stoke 3 - 0 Macc Tel-Aviv”, in BBC Sport

Questions about brushed aside

What is brushed aside the simple past and past participle of?
Brushed aside is the simple past and past participle of brush aside.

Words near brushed aside in the dictionary

  1. brushcut
  2. brushcuts
  3. brushcutter
  4. brushcutters
  5. brushed
  6. brushed aside
  7. brushed away
  8. brushed back
  9. brushed by
  10. brushed down
  11. brushed off

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