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lived over the brush

lived over the brush is the simple past and past participle of live over the brush.

Meaning of live over the brush

Verb

live over the brush (third-person singular simple present lives over the brush, present participle living over the brush, simple past and past participle lived over the brush)

  1. (Northern England, idiomatic) To cohabit without being married.
    • I know what people think about the North. They think it's all muck and living over the brush with women like Elsie Tanner.1982, Peter Tinniswood, The Home Front, page 10
    Synonyms:
    live in sin

Questions about lived over the brush

What is lived over the brush the simple past and past participle of?
Lived over the brush is the simple past and past participle of live over the brush.

Words near lived over the brush in the dictionary

  1. lived on the edge
  2. lived one's best life
  3. lived one's own life
  4. lived one's truth
  5. lived out
  6. lived over the brush
  7. lived paycheck to paycheck
  8. lived paycheque to paycheque
  9. lived rent free in someone's head
  10. lived rent free in someone's mind
  11. lived rent-free in someone's head

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