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brushes by

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

Meaning of brush by

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To walk past another person, touching them slightly, normally by accident, and ignoring them.
    • The production manager brushed by me on the stairs. He seemed to be in a real hurry.

Questions about brushes by

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

Words near brushes by in the dictionary

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

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