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lives over the brush

lives over the brush is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 lives over the brush

What is lives over the brush the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Lives over the brush is the third-person singular simple present indicative of live over the brush.

Words near lives over the brush in the dictionary

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

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