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brush against

VERB
meet
Synonyms
STRONGEST
contact face find greet see
STRONG
accost collide confront cross encounter engage experience grapple hit light luck salute stumble tumble tussle
WEAK
bump into chance on come across come up against dig up fall in with get-together make a meet meet face to face rendezvous with rub eyeballs run across run into run up against touch shoulders
Antonyms
STRONG
avoid evade let go lose shun
WEAK
cancel dodge miss

Example Sentences

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Parts of the Front Range, the easternmost section of the Southern Rocky Mountains, saw winds as strong as 85 miles an hour blowing debris and kindling-dry brush against the power lines.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025

Fault lines are the visible boundaries on the planet's surface where the rigid plates that make up the Earth's lithosphere brush against each another.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2024

“If you shake hands with someone or brush against something, washing your hands with alcohol-based hand wash or soap and water is sufficient to reduce your risk,” Hamer says.

From Slate • Aug. 6, 2022

Davinson Sanchez's attempt to flick on a ball in the Burnley box saw the ball brush against Ashley Barnes' outstretched arm.

From BBC • May 15, 2022

Her dark eyes shone as she let her hand lightly brush against his forearms.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore