brush down
See also: brush-down
English
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Verb
brush down (third-person singular simple present brushes down, present participle brushing down, simple past and past participle brushed down)
- Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see brush, down. To remove something with a brush, or ones hands using a downward brushing motion.
- (idiomatic) To straighten up one's clothes and to tidy up one's appearance.
- After tripping over, he picked himself up, brushed himself down, and carried on walking.
Usage notes
- In all senses the object (if mentioned) may appear before or after the particle. If the object is a pronoun, then it must be before the particle.