brush back

English

Verb

brush back (third-person singular simple present brushes back, present participle brushing back, simple past and past participle brushed back)

  1. (transitive, baseball) To throw a brushback pitch at (a batter).
  2. (figurative, intransitive) To respond to criticism or arguments; to defend oneself against criticism.
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