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brush pastTo go by quickly, making slight contact.Rate it:

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brush upTo review; to improve an existing but rusty or under-developed skill.Rate it:

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paint with a broad brushTo describe a class of objects or a kind of phenomenon in general terms, without specific details and without attention to individual variations.Rate it:

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brush offAn abrupt rebuff or dismissal.Rate it:

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daft as a brushDescribes someone who is known to do and say silly things.Rate it:

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brush byTo walk past another person, touching them slightly, normally by accident, and ignoring them.Rate it:

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brush asideTo disregard, dismiss or ignore something, as unimportant.Rate it:

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brush asideTo defeat with ease.Rate it:

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brush downUsed other than as an idiom: see brush, down. To remove something with a brush, or ones hands using a downward brushing motion.Rate it:

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brush downTo straighten up one's clothes and to tidy up one's appearance.Rate it:

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brush under the carpetTo hide, cover up or overlook something, usually a negative thingRate it:

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brush with deathTo have a life redeemable experienceRate it:

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brush-up!A 'brush-up' is a thorough review, rehearsal, self-examination prior to submitting to job interviews, probings, investigations of any category in order to be proficient in the future demands of the hoped-for position, challenge or opportunity:Rate it:

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give somebody the brush-offTo rebuff, snub or curtly reject someone.Rate it:

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give someone the brush-offTo rebuff, snub or curtly reject someone.Rate it:

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live over the brushTo cohabit without being married.Rate it:

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tar with the same brushTo characterize using the same undesirable attribute, especially unjustly.Rate it:

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to have a brush withTo encounterRate it:

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touch of the tar brushOf South Asian or Afro-Caribbean in their background and/or in their appearance.Rate it:

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bat awayTo knock an object, usually a ball.Rate it:

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from a mile awayWell in advance.Rate it:

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home away from homeA place in which one is as comfortable as one's actual home.Rate it:

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like giving away ice in the winter!I was "googlingi" this phrase that I heard on TV today (9/4/2020) because I've never heard it before! I believe it has a similar meaning as: "Like selling ice to Eskimos"Rate it:

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plug awayTo persist or continue, as with an effort.Rate it:

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salt awayTo save or preserve (especially money) for future use.Rate it:

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take away fromTo make something seem not so good or interesting.Rate it:

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throw awayTo discard or dispose of something.Rate it:

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walk awayTo withdraw from a problematic situation.Rate it:

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When the Cat's Away, the Mice will PlayWithout the presence of authority, people will do as they please even of breaking the rulesRate it:

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run awayTo flee by running.Rate it:

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run away withTo be misled by imagining that one's desires can come true.Rate it:

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beaver awayTo busily undertake a large task.Rate it:

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cast awayTo discard.Rate it:

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fall awayTo cease to support a person or cause.Rate it:

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take awayTo leave a memory or impression in one's mind that you think about later.Rate it:

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squirrel awayTo stash or hide; to hoard, collect, save, or accumulate; to create a reserve, stash, or hoard of some supply, so as to recall a squirrel's burying of nuts.Rate it:

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back awayOf your attention on the thing in front being avoided.Rate it:

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carry awayTo break under sudden pressure of violent wind.Rate it:

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cast awayTo abandon or maroon.Rate it:

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drive awayTo force someone or something to leave.Rate it:

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file awayTo store in a file.Rate it:

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fire awayTo begin to talk or present information quickly.Rate it:

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go awayCommand asking someone to leave them alone.Rate it:

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pack awayTo eat a great deal.Rate it:

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pull awayTo move ahead.Rate it:

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run away withTo leave secretly with another person. Usually with the intention of getting married or of living together against the wishes of the family.Rate it:

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steal awayTo leave secretively.Rate it:

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tear awayTo remove oneself reluctantly; often expressed in the negative.Rate it:

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break awayTo leave suddenly.Rate it:

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put awayTo strike out a batter.Rate it:

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