run a brush through (one's) hair

run a brush through (one's) hair

To tidy one's hair with a brush, especially in a hasty, imprecise manner. Let me just run a brush through my hair before we leave for our dinner reservation. I tried to run a brush through her hair before her school photos, but it was too much of a mess.
See also: brush, hair, run, through
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • part (one's) hair
  • part hair
  • brush over
  • leave (one) with an impression
  • have a brush with
  • have a brush with (something)
  • brush with death
  • leave an impression
  • daft as a brush
  • (as) daft as a brush