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brushing past

brushing past is the present participle and gerund 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 brushing past

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

Words near brushing past in the dictionary

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

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