to walk quickly past someone, touching them slightly as you pass them
She brushed by me in the corridor but we didn't speak.
brush by (someone or something)
To quickly pass by and lightly touch someone or something. The man brushed by us so that he could board the bus.Be sure not to brush by this wall while the paint is still drying.
brush by someone or something
and brush past someone or something
to push quickly past someone or something. She brushed by the little group of people standing there talking.I brushed by the plant, knocking it over.