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Verb: brush down
  1. Reprimand
    - tell off, tick off [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: brushed down, brushing down, brushes down

Type of: bawl out [informal], berate, call down [informal], call on the carpet [US, informal], chew out [N. Amer, informal], chew up [N. Amer, informal], chide, dress down [informal], have words, jaw [informal], lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag [informal], ream [N. Amer, informal], rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, scold, take to task, trounce, wig [Brit, informal]

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Bruno Walter
Brunswick
Brunswick stew
brunt
Brusa
bruschetta
brush
brush aside
brush cut
brush discharge
brush down
brush fire
brush kangaroo
brush off
brush on
brush turkey
brush up
brush wolf
brushed
brush-footed butterfly
brushing