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brushes back

brushes back is the third-person singular simple present indicative of brush back.

Meaning of brush back

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To throw a brushback pitch at (a batter).
  2. (figuratively, intransitive) To respond to criticism or arguments; to defend oneself against criticism.

Questions about brushes back

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

Words near brushes back in the dictionary

  1. brusher
  2. brushers
  3. brushes
  4. brushes aside
  5. brushes away
  6. brushes back
  7. brushes by
  8. brushes down
  9. brushes off
  10. brushes one's teeth
  11. brushes out

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