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brush down

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Verb1.brush down - reprimand; "She told the misbehaving student off"
tell off
call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, bawl out, berate, rebuke, reproof, scold, take to task, call down, lambast, lambaste, lecture, reprimand, remonstrate, trounce, jaw, rag - censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
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? brush down
vt sep → abbürsten; horse → striegeln


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Using a round brush, lift hair at the roots and roll the brush down to the hair's end.
Hit the books with the looks: want to pull off those fabulous fall ... by Davis, Jasmen / Girls' Life
``I guess I'll be painting until I absolutely have to put that brush down.
ART, ANIMALS KEEP HER BUSY by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
What these paintings do reveal is that Pousette-Dart didn't know when to put the brush down, but rather worked and reworked his effects to the detriment of his compositions, which are confused, spiritless, and murky.
Richard Pousette-Dart by Lifson, Ben / Artforum International
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