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dust down

dust down verb: to demean or verbally assault; to dress down. Also the alternative form of dust off.

Verb

dust down (third-person singular simple present dusts down, present participle dusting down, simple past and past participle dusted down)

  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.

Also used as

dust down is also the alternative form of dust off.

Forms of dust down

third-person singular presentdusts down
present participledusting down
past participledusted down
pastdusted down

Questions about dust down

What does dust down mean?
Dust down means to demean or verbally assault; to dress down.
What part of speech is dust down?
Dust down is a verb.
What is the past tense of dust down?
The past tense of dust down is dusted down.

Words near dust down in the dictionary

  1. dust contractors
  2. dust cover
  3. dust covers
  4. dust devil
  5. dust devils
  6. dust down
  7. dust filter
  8. dust filters
  9. dust heap of history
  10. dust hole
  11. dust holes

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