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dust out

dust out verb: to leave or depart.

Verb

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

  1. (US, dated, slang) To leave or depart.

Forms of dust out

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

Questions about dust out

What does dust out mean?
Dust out means to leave or depart.
What part of speech is dust out?
Dust out is a verb.
What is the past tense of dust out?
The past tense of dust out is dusted out.

Words near dust out in the dictionary

  1. dust motes
  2. dust mouse
  3. dust off
  4. dust off a batter
  5. dust off the cobwebs
  6. dust out
  7. dust plug
  8. dust plugs
  9. dust ruffle
  10. dust ruffles
  11. dust settles

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