when the dust settles
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Definitions of when the dust settles words
- phrase when the dust settles If you say that something will happen when the dust settles, you mean that a situation will be clearer after it has calmed down. If you let the dust settle before doing something, you let a situation calm down before you try to do anything else. 0
- adverb when the dust settles (Idiomatic) after an active or heated period. 0
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when the dust settles popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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