brush by
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[edit]brush by (third-person singular simple present brushes by, present participle brushing by, simple past and past participle brushed by)
- (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.