All dust off synonyms

verb dust off

• ruin — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
• abolish — If someone in authority abolishes a system or practice, they formally put an end to it.
• waste — to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
• knife — an instrument for cutting, consisting essentially of a thin, sharp-edged, metal blade fitted with a handle.
• finish — to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast.
• hit — to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
• liquidate — to settle or pay (a debt): to liquidate a claim.
• hang — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
• smother — to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
• spoil — to damage severely or harm (something), especially with reference to its excellence, value, usefulness, etc.: The water stain spoiled the painting. Drought spoiled the corn crop.
• misuse — wrong or improper use; misapplication.
• chill — When you chill something or when it chills, you lower its temperature so that it becomes colder but does not freeze.
• off — so as to be no longer supported or attached: This button is about to come off.
• cool — Something that is cool has a temperature which is low but not very low.
• drub — to beat with a stick or the like; cudgel; flog; thrash.
• defeat — If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest.
• thrash — to beat soundly in punishment; flog.
• mangle — to smooth or press with a mangle.
• garotte — to execute by the garrote.
• break with — to end a relationship or association with (someone or an organization or social group)
• call off — If you call off an event that has been planned, you cancel it.
• cast off — If you cast off something, you get rid of it because it is no longer necessary or useful to you, or because it is harmful to you.
• throw over — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
• wipe out — an act of wiping: He gave a few quick wipes to the furniture.
• write off — a cancellation from the accounts as a loss.
• part with — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
• wash out — to apply water or some other liquid to (something or someone) for the purpose of cleansing; cleanse by dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing in water or some other liquid.
• bump off — To bump someone off means to kill them.
• do in — Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
• knock off — an act or instance of knocking.
• put away — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
• rub out — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
• blot out — If one thing blots out another thing, it is in front of the other thing and prevents it from being seen.
• take for a ride — to sit on and manage a horse or other animal in motion; be carried on the back of an animal.
• take out — the act of taking.
• bury — To bury something means to put it into a hole in the ground and cover it up with earth.
• cut off — If you cut something off, you remove it with a knife or a similar tool.
• do away with — from this or that place; off: to go away.
• inter — to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
• murder — Law. the killing of another human being under conditions specifically covered in law. In the U.S., special statutory definitions include murder committed with malice aforethought, characterized by deliberation or premeditation or occurring during the commission of another serious crime, as robbery or arson (first-degree murder) and murder by intent but without deliberation or premeditation (second-degree murder)
• plant — any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
• tomb — an excavation in earth or rock for the burial of a corpse; grave.
• put to sleep — to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.