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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

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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

And speaking of rats: Sometimes, reaching deep into a trash can in search of a bottle, a worker will brush against an unwelcome surprise.

From Slate • Nov. 27, 2024

And spines can become lodged in people’s skin if they so much as brush against a cholla.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2024

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

Her fingertips brush against my forearm, and I stiffen under her touch.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day