Sekirov Dictionary

dust off

verb 3
dust-off noun 2
forms 4

verb3

To remove dust from.
•
(figurative) To use something after a long time without it.
- I think it's time to dust off my old golf clubs, now that I'm retired.
•
(slang) To jilt or desert (a person).
- Red Sox by the Numbers A “dice girl in a roadside tavern,” she said she shot McNaughton because “he tried to dust me off.”

dust-off noun2

The act of removing dust from something.
A medical helicopter.

forms

dusted off · dusting off · dusts off · dust-offs

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