brush past
Briefly contact passing
To brush past someone is to move by them with brief, light contact—your shoulder grazing theirs as you pass in a hallway or crowd: She brushed past him without a word.
The phrase suggests hurried or dismissive movement, often implying the person didn't stop to acknowledge the other.
- sidleMove furtively sideways
- pass byMove past without stopping
- grazeFeed on growing plants
- skimPass over lightly
- slip byPass without being noticed
slip through · push through · glance · weave · dart · nudge · touch · shave · bump · glide · rub shoulders · gloss over · ignore · give the cold shoulder · sweep · dismiss · bypass · turn a blind eye
brush pastplow into
Collide forcefully with
smash into · run into · bump into · ram · knock down
brush paststop dead
Halt suddenly and completely
wait for · stand still · come to a stop · block · obstruct
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