brush past

verb

To go by (someone or something) quickly, making slight contact.

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Meanings

verbbrush past (third-person singular simple present brushes past, present participle brushing past, simple past and past participle brushed past)

present singular third person brushes past · participle present brushing past · participle past brushed past · past brushed past

  1. transitiveTo go by (someone or something) quickly, making slight contact.
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APA

brush past. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brush%20past

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brush past,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brush%20past.

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