All dust off antonyms

verb dust off

• schedule — a plan of procedure, usually written, for a proposed objective, especially with reference to the sequence of and time allotted for each item or operation necessary to its completion: The schedule allows three weeks for this stage.
• set up — the act or state of setting or the state of being set.
• marry — to take in marriage: After dating for five years, I finally asked her to marry me.
• pour — to send (a liquid, fluid, or anything in loose particles) flowing or falling, as from one container to another, or into, over, or on something: to pour a glass of milk; to pour water on a plant.
• ascend — If you ascend a hill or staircase, you go up it.
• take up — the act of taking.
• begin — To begin to do something means to start doing it.
• start — to begin or set out, as on a journey or activity.
• continue — If someone or something continues to do something, they keep doing it and do not stop.
• go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
• allow — If someone is allowed to do something, it is all right for them to do it and they will not get into trouble.
• keep — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
• maintain — to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
• approve — If you approve of an action, event, or suggestion, you like it or are pleased about it.
• initiate — to begin, set going, or originate: to initiate major social reforms.
• stay — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
• accept — If you accept something that you have been offered, you say yes to it or agree to take it.
• hold — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• downpour — a heavy, drenching rain.
• mount — to go up; climb; ascend: to mount stairs.
• rise — to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
• do — Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
• pursue — to strive to gain; seek to attain or accomplish (an end, object, purpose, etc.).
• create — To create something means to cause it to happen or exist.
• aid — Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
• heal — to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment.
• construct — to draw (a line, angle, or figure) so that certain requirements are satisfied
• grow — to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
• institute — to set up; establish; organize: to institute a government.
• ratify — to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction: to ratify a constitutional amendment.
• preserve — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
• heat — the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
• warm — having or giving out a moderate degree of heat, as perceived by the senses: a warm bath.
• guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
• protect — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
• bear — If you bear something somewhere, you carry it there or take it there.
• help — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
• build — If you build something, you make it by joining things together.
• save — to rescue from danger or possible harm, injury, or loss: to save someone from drowning.
• lose — to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
• light — a light product, as a beer or cigarette.
• inspirit — to infuse spirit or life into; enliven.
• liberate — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
• abstain — If you abstain from something, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it.
• refrain — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
• free — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.