verb
reprimand
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She told the misbehaving student off
• Syn: ↑tell off
• Hypernyms:
↑call on the carpet, ↑take to task, ↑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
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody
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ˌbrush ˈdown [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they brush down he/she/it brushes down present participle brushing down past tense brushed down past participle brushed down] phrasal verb
to clean someone or something using your hands or a brush
He stood in the doorway brushing himself down.
Thesaurus: to make things cleaner or tidiersynonym
Main entry: brush
Useful english dictionary. 2012.