- dust off
- transitive verb
Date: 1940
to bring out or back to use again <dusted off his golf clubs when he retired>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
dust off
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dust off — dust (something) off to make something usable after it has not been used for a long time. It s a good time to dust off your resume and see if you can get some work. Byrne dusted off some of the band s classics in Tuesday s concert … New idioms dictionary
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dust|off — «DUHST F, OF», noun. U.S. Military Slang. a helicopter for evacuating casualties from a combat zone; medevac: »Wounded are picked up and shuttled away from enemy fire, then quickly evacuated on “dustoff” helicopters to the nearest U.S. hospital… … Useful english dictionary
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dust off — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms dust off : present tense I/you/we/they dust off he/she/it dusts off present participle dusting off past tense dusted off past participle dusted off 1) to get something ready to use that you have not used for a … English dictionary
dust off — transitive verb 1. : to intentionally pitch a baseball directly at or near (the batter) 2. slang : kill * * * dust off [phrasal verb] dust (something) off or … Useful english dictionary
dust off — verb a) To remove dust from something. I think its time to dust off my old golf clubs, now that Im retired. b) To use something after a long time without it … Wiktionary
dust off — {v.}, {informal} 1. To get ready to use again. * /Four years after he graduated from school, Tom decided to dust off his algebra book./ 2. To throw a baseball pitch close to. * /The pitcher dusted off the other team s best hitter./ Syn.: BRUSH… … Dictionary of American idioms
dust off — {v.}, {informal} 1. To get ready to use again. * /Four years after he graduated from school, Tom decided to dust off his algebra book./ 2. To throw a baseball pitch close to. * /The pitcher dusted off the other team s best hitter./ Syn.: BRUSH… … Dictionary of American idioms
dust off — I v To kill. The mob dusted him off when he ratted on them. 1940s II v To reactivate, resurrect. Why not dust off your old tap dance routine for the show. 1950s … Historical dictionary of American slang
