HyperDic: brush_down

English > 1 sense of the expression *brush down*:
VERB	communication	brush down, tell off	reprimand

English > *brush down*: 1 sense > verb 1, communication
Meaning	reprimand.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody
Synonym	tell off
Broader	call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast	censure severely or angrily
Spanish	abroncar, increpar