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brushes something under the carpet

brushes something under the carpet is the third-person singular simple present indicative of brush something under the carpet.

Meaning of brush something under the carpet

Verb

brush something under the carpet (third-person singular simple present brushes something under the carpet, present participle brushing something under the carpet, simple past and past participle brushed something under the carpet)

  1. Synonym of sweep something under the rug.

Questions about brushes something under the carpet

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

Words near brushes something under the carpet in the dictionary

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

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