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brushes aside

brushes aside is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 brushes aside

What is brushes aside the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Brushes aside is the third-person singular simple present indicative of brush aside.

Words near brushes aside in the dictionary

  1. brushed up
  2. brushed up to
  3. brusher
  4. brushers
  5. brushes
  6. brushes aside
  7. brushes away
  8. brushes back
  9. brushes by
  10. brushes down
  11. brushes off

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