brush down

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. (ідіома)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.

1. They were brushing down the horse.

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неправильне

• brush upпереглянути, переглядатиTo paint, or make clean or bright with a brush.
• brush offігнорувати, проігноруватиTo disregard (something), to dismiss or ignore (someone), as unimportant.
• brush asideігнорувати, проігноруватиTo disregard, dismiss or ignore something, as unimportant.
• brush outTo clean a form using lye or turpentine.
• brush downUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see brush, down. To remove something with a brush, or ones hands using a downward brushing motion.
• brush backTo throw a brushback pitch at (a batter).
• brush overTo barely cover a topic; to skim through or lightly touch on (something).
• brush byTo walk past another person, touching them slightly, normally by accident, and ignoring them.