brush

/brʌʃ/ verb [T]

Definition

› to use a brush to clean or tidy something: to brush your hair/teeth

brush sth away/off, etc › to move something somewhere using a brush or your hand: He brushed the snow off his coat.

brush against/past sb/sth › to lightly touch someone or something as you move past: He brushed past me as he went up the stairs.

(Definition of brush verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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