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brushing something under the rug

brushing something under the rug is the present participle and gerund 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 brushing something under the rug

What is brushing something under the rug the present participle and gerund of?
Brushing something under the rug is the present participle and gerund of brush something under the rug.

Words near brushing something under the rug in the dictionary

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

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