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brushes something under the rug

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

Meaning of brush something under the rug

Verb

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

  1. Synonym of sweep something under the rug.

Questions about brushes something under the rug

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

Words near brushes something under the rug in the dictionary

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

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