Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

brushes up to

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.58 in modern English

Syllables
brush-es up -to
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does brushes up to mean?
third-person singular simple present indicative of brush up to

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