brush back

1. (transitive)To throw a brushback pitch at (a batter).

2. (figuratively, intransitive)To respond to criticism or arguments; to defend oneself against criticism.

1. Tom brushed his hair back.

   ruТом зачесал волосы назад.

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2. I must brush my back teeth.

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3. Mary brushed back her hair from her face.

   deMaria strich sich die Haare aus dem Gesicht.

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4. I just felt a hand brush on my back, but there was no one there.

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5. The tractor driver, having removed his cap with his oil-stained hand, brushed his hair back.

   ruТракторист, сняв свою кепку испачканной мазутом рукой, откинул волосы назад.

   deNachdem sich der Traktorfahrer mit der ölbeschmierten Hand die Mütze abgenommen hatte, strich er sich die Haare zurück.

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• brush upпереглянути, переглядатиTo paint, or make clean or bright with a brush.
• brush offігнорувати, проігноруватиTo disregard (something), to dismiss or ignore (someone), as unimportant.
• brush asideігнорувати, проігноруватиTo disregard, dismiss or ignore something, as unimportant.
• brush outTo clean a form using lye or turpentine.
• brush downUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see brush, down. To remove something with a brush, or ones hands using a downward brushing motion.
• brush backTo throw a brushback pitch at (a batter).
• brush overTo barely cover a topic; to skim through or lightly touch on (something).
• brush byTo walk past another person, touching them slightly, normally by accident, and ignoring them.