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brushing over

brushing over is the present participle and gerund 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 brushing over

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

Words near brushing over in the dictionary

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

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