What is "brushed up"

Usage examples of "brushed up".

And rapped his head smartly against the faucet when the cat brushed up against his legs.

One of the dogs brushed up against her legs and leaned into her so heavily that she staggered sideways, half laughing because her heart was beating so hard already/The other dog, standing at the edge of the light, whined softly^nd padded a few steps away into the blackness, down trie-rjdge^toward the far wall of the cavern, made invisible by darkness.

Hilton swore under his breath as a woman in a flame-colored, nearly see-through dress brushed up against him as she slipped past, smiling seductively up at him.

Techno-terrorist organization she'd brushed up against, by default, on a recent case.

I'm told that the other night, after a ball in the city, he was getting into his carriage when an old man, a shabby old dog wizard, accidentally brushed up against him on the flagway.

Two, Evans had brushed up against me before, by accident, and he hadnt liked what he saw.