brush back (English, verb)
expansion: brush back (third-person singular simple present brushes back, present participle brushing back, simple past and past participle brushed back)
Senses:
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To throw a brushback pitch at (a batter).
tags: transitive
glosses: To respond to criticism or arguments; to defend oneself against criticism.
tags: figuratively
intransitive
Forms:
form: brushes back
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: brushing back
tags: participle
present
form: brushed back
tags: participle
past
form: brushed back
tags: past