brush down

Verb brush down has 1 sense

• brush down(v = verb.communication) tell off - reprimand; "She told the misbehaving student off"
is one way to 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, reproof, scold, take to task, trounce
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody