Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To remove dust from.

    abstauben

    стряхну́ть пыльstrjaxnútʹ pylʹ, стря́хивать пыльstrjáxivatʹ pylʹ

  2. (figuratively, transitive)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.

  3. (slang, transitive)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.”

Examples

39 sentences
  1. Dust yourself off.

    Обтрусися. — oromashka

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  2. Dust off the furniture.

    ruВытри пыль с мебели. — marafon

  3. Dust off your jacket.

  4. Dust off the table.

  5. Dust the table off.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to remove dust from something:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to remove dust from something:

Forms

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

irregular

Present simpleLesson

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

Past simpleLesson

all personsdusted off

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill dust off

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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