Brush and Cut

Brush

Brush verb - To move or proceed smoothly and readily.

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Cut and brush are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Cut" instead a verb "Brush".

Nearby Words: brushed, brushing, brushy

Cut verb - To deliberately ignore or treat rudely.

Usage example: the snobbish lady cut anyone who didn't meet her standards of wealth and social standing

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Brush and cut are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Brush" instead a verb "Cut".

Nearby Words: cutting, cutter, cutout

close	close brush	close cut
good	good brush	good cut
brief	brief brush	brief cut
single	single brush	single cut
Other adjectives: rough, small, little, bad, next.

Lois and Clark has a scene, similar to the comics entry above, where Clark freaks out about a paper cut after his first brush with kryptonite.

Source: Minor Injury Overreaction
Cursed with Awesome: thanks to his brush with the Death Arcana, Tenkei is apparently much stronger than a normal human and his Persona is a cut above the others.

Source: Roleplay / Persona 3 New Game
A Song of Ice and Fire: Shagga, son of Dolf claims his axe is so sharp that he once cut off a man's head without the man realizing it until he went to brush his hair.

Source: Delayed Causality

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