Meaning

2 senses

  1. (slang)To demean or verbally assault; to dress down.

  2. (slang)To clean (someone) off who has fallen.

    He was on the ground, so I helped him up, dusted him down and brought him home.

Forms

dusts down, dusting down, dusted down, dusted down
Base formdust down · to dust down
3rd person singulardusts down
Present participledusting down
Past simpledusted down
Past participledusted down

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydust down
he, she, itdusts down

Past simpleLesson

all personsdusted down

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave dusted down
he, she, ithas dusted down

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill dust down

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
duskydustA2dustbinB1dusterdustmandustpan
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