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brushes over

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

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

Words near brushes over in the dictionary

  1. brushes by
  2. brushes down
  3. brushes off
  4. brushes one's teeth
  5. brushes out
  6. brushes over
  7. brushes past
  8. brushes something under the carpet
  9. brushes something under the rug
  10. brushes up
  11. brushes up to

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