(TOUCH) [verb] - to touch (something) quickly and lightly or carelesslyHis lips gently brushed her cheek and he was gone. [T]Charlotte brushed against him (= touched him quickly and lightly with her arm or body) as she left the room. [I usually + adverb or preposition]To brush past/by (someone) is to walk quickly past them, usually because you do not want to speak to them.Ignoring their protests, Newman brushed past waiting journalists.She brushed straight by, without even looking at me.
BRUSH
Meaning of BRUSH in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012