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brush back

/brʌʃ bæk/

Translations

brush backverb

brushed back

Past Simple

brushed back

Past Participle

brushing back

Gerund

/brʌʃ bæk/

brosser en arrière

She brushed back her hair to keep it out of her eyes.

Elle s'est brossé les cheveux en arrière pour ne pas les avoir dans les yeux.

Additional translations

faire reculerBaseball : se dit d’un lancer effectué très près du frappeur pour l’obliger à s’écarter de la plaque.

Synonyms

push back

drive back

fend off

ward off

brush backverb

To move or push something backward with a brush or similar tool.

She brushed back her hair to keep it out of her eyes.

In baseball, to throw a pitch close to a batter to make them move away from the plate.

The pitcher brushed back the batter with a fastball to assert control over the strike zone.