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brushes past

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

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

Words near brushes past in the dictionary

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

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