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living over the brush

living over the brush is the present participle and gerund 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 living over the brush

What is living over the brush the present participle and gerund of?
Living over the brush is the present participle and gerund of live over the brush.

Words near living over the brush in the dictionary

  1. living on the edge
  2. living one's best life
  3. living one's own life
  4. living one's truth
  5. living out
  6. living over the brush
  7. living paycheck to paycheck
  8. living paycheque to paycheque
  9. living picture
  10. living pictures
  11. living proof

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