brush

Related to brush: bush

a/(one's) brush with (something)

1. To have a brief encounter with something, especially that which could be harmful. We had a brush with a mountain lion in our yard this morning. Tom's brush with the cops yesterday has left him really rattled. I had a brush with death when I was in that car accident.
2. To have a brief or fleeting experience of something, especially that which is very positive or enjoyable. My one brush with fame came after my second novel became a surprise bestseller. It was over pretty quickly though, as the rest of my books have never sold as well. I'm just happy to have had a brush with true love, even if was over all too soon.
See also: brush
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

brush

n. an encounter; a close shave. My brush with the bear was so close I could smell its breath—which was vile, I might add.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See:
  • (as) daft as a brush
  • a/(one's) brush with (something)
  • be as daft as a brush
  • broad (brush) strokes
  • brush
  • brush (something) under the carpet
  • brush (something) under the mat
  • brush (something) under the rug
  • brush against
  • brush against (someone or something)
  • brush aside
  • brush away
  • brush back
  • brush by
  • brush by (someone or something)
  • brush down
  • brush off
  • brush over
  • brush past (someone or something)
  • brush up
  • brush with death
  • brush-off
  • daft as a brush
  • Fuller Brush man
  • give (someone) the brush-off
  • give someone the air
  • have a brush with
  • have a brush with (something)
  • have a lick of the tar brush
  • have a touch of the tar brush
  • in broad (brush) strokes
  • live over the brush
  • paint (someone or something) with the same brush
  • paint (something) with a broad brush
  • paint something with a broad brush
  • painted with the same brush
  • run a brush through (one's) hair
  • sweep (something) under the carpet
  • sweep/brush something under the carpet
  • tar (someone or something) with the same brush
  • tar people with the same brush
  • tar somebody/something with the same brush
  • tar someone with the same brush
  • tarred with the same brush
  • tarred with the same brush, to be
  • touch of the tar brush
References in classic literature
I rang; and a new servant noiselessly made his appearance--a foreigner, with a set smile and perfectly brushed hair--a valet every inch of him.
Fairlie, dreamily dusting the tips of his fingers with one of the tiny brushes for the coins, "I made some entries in my tablettes this morning.
The Woman in White
The muzzle of the rifle fell as he concluded, and the weapon was gradually settling into a steady, and what would easily have proved a fatal aim, when a tall Indian sprang from beneath that bed of leaves and brush, which he had collected about his person at the approach of the party, and stood upright, uttering the exclamation--
The Prairie
Pickwick by the leg, at imminent hazard of throwing him off his balance, brushed away at his boot till his corns were red-hot; while the other shampooed Mr.
'Ready?' said the old gentleman inquiringly, when his guests had been washed, mended, brushed, and brandied.
The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club
He told Dorothy he had brushed his shaggy hair and whiskers; but she thought he must have brushed them the wrong way, for they were quite as shaggy as before.
The Road to Oz
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