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Definition of
bristle with phrasal verb
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
bristle with
phrasal verb
phrasal verb
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Phrasal Verbs
bristle with something
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to contain a large number of something
The whole subject bristles with problems.
The newspapers bristled with tributes to the general.
See
bristle with
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Nearby words
bristle
noun
bristle
verb
bristle with
phrasal verb
bristly
adjective
Brit
noun