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Brush down

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Verb
  1. 1
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see brush, down. To remove something with a brush, or ones hands using a downward brushing motion.
  2. 2
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  3. 3
    To straighten up one's clothes and to tidy up one's appearance. idiomatic

    "After tripping over, he picked himself up, brushed himself down, and carried on walking."

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