brush down

Verb
  1. Reprimand (synset 200827309)
    "She told the misbehaving student off"
    is a type of: bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, scold, take to task, trounce - censure severely or angrily
    same as: tell off

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