dust off
dust off · dusts off · dusted off · dusting off
стряхнуть пыль, стряхивать пыль
abstauben
To remove dust fromTo remove dust from.
» Dust yourself off.
Обтрусися.
Meaning
3 senses(transitive)To remove dust from.
abstauben
стряхну́ть пыльstrjaxnútʹ pylʹ, стря́хивать пыльstrjáxivatʹ pylʹ
(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.
(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 sentencesDust yourself off.
Обтрусися. — oromashka
Dust off the furniture.
ruВытри пыль с мебели. — marafon
Dust off your jacket.
Dust off the table.
Dust the table off.
Translations
7 languagesРусский
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 form | dust off · to dust off |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | dusts off |
| Present participle | dusting off |
| Past simple | dusted off |
| Past participle | dusted off |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
4 phrasal verbsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb