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EyeSeeYou Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

To have a brush with the law

Does this imply the kind of conflic with the law is just petty, insignificant, or does the idiom refer to any kind of offense?
  

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If I am speeding down the street and an officer stops me and gives me a warning, I have had a "brush with the law". If he gives me a ticket, it is no longer a "brush". Others may disagree, but that's my take.

— Philip

  • If I am speeding down the street and an officer stops me and gives me a warning, I have had a "brush with the law".
  • If he gives me a ticket, it is no longer a "brush".
  • Others may disagree, but that's my take.
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If I am speeding down the street and an officer stops me and gives me a warning, I have had a "brush with the law". If he gives me a ticket, it is no longer a "brush".

Others may disagree, but that's my take.
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