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brushed over

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

Meaning of brush over

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).

Questions about brushed over

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

Words near brushed over in the dictionary

  1. brushed by
  2. brushed down
  3. brushed off
  4. brushed one's teeth
  5. brushed out
  6. brushed over
  7. brushed past
  8. brushed something under the carpet
  9. brushed something under the rug
  10. brushed trapdoor spider
  11. brushed trapdoor spiders

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