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brushing aside

brushing aside is the present participle and gerund of brush aside.

Meaning of brush aside

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To disregard, dismiss or ignore something, as unimportant.
    • He brushed aside all my objections and went ahead with the project regardless.
  2. (transitive) To defeat with ease.
    • The ease with which Stoke brushed aside their Israeli opponents bodes well for the return fixture in early November, when a win could could secure their passage to the last 32.2011 October 20, Michael da Silva, “Stoke 3 - 0 Macc Tel-Aviv”, in BBC Sport

Questions about brushing aside

What is brushing aside the present participle and gerund of?
Brushing aside is the present participle and gerund of brush aside.

Words near brushing aside in the dictionary

  1. brushier
  2. brushiest
  3. brushily
  4. brushiness
  5. brushing
  6. brushing aside
  7. brushing away
  8. brushing back
  9. brushing by
  10. brushing down
  11. brushing off

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