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brush down

 
Verb brush down has 1 sense
  1. tell off, brush down - reprimand; "She told the misbehaving student off"
    --1 is one way to call on the carpet, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
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