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brushed past

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

Meaning of brush past

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.

Questions about brushed past

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

Words near brushed past in the dictionary

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

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