ALL meanings of dust off
dust off
D d - noun dust off gold dust. 1
- noun dust off the mortal body of a human being. 1
- noun dust off a single particle or grain. 1
- noun dust off Archaic. money; cash. 1
- verb with object dust off to wipe the dust from: to dust a table. 1
- verb with object dust off to sprinkle with a powder or dust: to dust rosebushes with an insecticide. 1
- verb with object dust off to strew or sprinkle (a powder, dust, or other fine particles): to dust insecticide on a rosebush. 1
- verb with object dust off to soil with dust; make dusty. 1
- verb without object dust off to wipe dust from furniture, woodwork, etc. 1
- verb without object dust off to become dusty. 1
- verb without object dust off to apply dust or powder to a plant, one's body, etc.: to dust with an insecticide in late spring. 1
- idioms dust off bite the dust, to be killed, especially in battle; die. to suffer defeat; be unsuccessful; fail: Another manufacturer has bitten the dust. 1
- idioms dust off dust off, Baseball. (of a pitcher) to throw the ball purposely at or dangerously close to (the batter). to take out or prepare for use again, as after a period of inactivity or storage: I'm going to dust off my accounting skills and try to get a job in the finance department. to beat up badly: The gang of hoodlums dusted off a cop. 1
- idioms dust off leave one in the dust, to overtake and surpass a competitor or one who is less ambitious, qualified, etc.: Don't be so meek, they'll leave you in the dust. 1
- idioms dust off lick the dust, to be killed; die. to humble oneself abjectly; grovel: He will resign rather than lick the dust. 1
- idioms dust off make the dust fly, to execute with vigor or speed: We turned them loose on the work, and they made the dust fly. 1
- idioms dust off shake the dust from one's feet, to depart in anger or disdain; leave decisively or in haste, especially from an unpleasant situation: As the country moved toward totalitarianism, many of the intelligentsia shook the dust from their feet. 1
- idioms dust off throw dust in someone's eyes, to mislead; deceive: He threw dust in our eyes by pretending to be a jeweler and then disappeared with the diamonds. 1
- transitivephrasal verb dust off wipe or brush clean 1
- transitivephrasal verb dust off use after a long period 1
- noun dust off earth or other matter in fine, dry particles. 1
- noun dust off a cloud of finely powdered earth or other matter in the air. 1
- noun dust off any finely powdered substance, as sawdust. 1
- noun dust off the ground; the earth's surface. 1
- noun dust off the substance to which something, as the dead human body, is ultimately reduced by disintegration or decay; earthly remains. 1
- noun dust off British. ashes, refuse, etc. junk1 (def 1). 1
- noun dust off a low or humble condition. 1
- noun dust off anything worthless. 1
- noun dust off disturbance; turmoil. 1
- verb dust off To remove dust from something. 0
- verb dust off (Idiomatic) To use something after a long time without it. 0
- phrasal verb dust off If you say that someone dusts something off or dusts it down, you mean they are using an old idea or method, rather than trying something new. 0
- phrasal verb dust off If you say that someone has dusted himself or herself off or dusted himself or herself down, you mean that they have managed to recover from a severe problem which has affected their life. 0
- phrasal verb dust off If someone dusts down something or dusts dirt off something, they remove dirt or dust from it. 0
- noun dust off to prepare to use 0