Big Huge Thesaurus

brush down

verb

• tell off
• 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

sounds kind of like

• bifurcation
• brachiation
• brachychiton
• brake system
• brass section
• break down
• breakdown
• breakstone
• brighten
• brighton
• burst in on