brush by
brush by · brushes by · brushed by · brushing by
To walk past another person, touching them slightly, normally by accident, and…To walk past another person, touching them slightly, normally by accident, and ignoring them.
» I brushed by him while running.
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic)To walk past another person, touching them slightly, normally by accident, and ignoring them.
The production manager brushed by me on the stairs. He seemed to be in a real hurry.
Examples
2 sentencesI brushed by him while running.
Sami brushed his hair by himself.
Forms
brushes by, brushing by, brushed by, brushed by| Base form | brush by · to brush by |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | brushes by |
| Present participle | brushing by |
| Past simple | brushed by |
| Past participle | brushed by |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
8 phrasal verbs- 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.
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb