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dust someone's jacket

dust someone's jacket verb: to give someone a beating.

Verb

dust someone's jacket (third-person singular simple present dusts someone's jacket, present participle dusting someone's jacket, simple past and past participle dusted someone's jacket)

  1. (archaic, slang) To give someone a beating.

Forms of dust someone's jacket

third-person singular presentdusts someone's jacket
present participledusting someone's jacket
past participledusted someone's jacket
pastdusted someone's jacket

Questions about dust someone's jacket

What does dust someone's jacket mean?
Dust someone's jacket means to give someone a beating.
What part of speech is dust someone's jacket?
Dust someone's jacket is a verb.
What is the past tense of dust someone's jacket?
The past tense of dust someone's jacket is dusted someone's jacket.

Words near dust someone's jacket in the dictionary

  1. dust ruffles
  2. dust settles
  3. dust sheet
  4. dust sheets
  5. dust shot
  6. dust someone's jacket
  7. dust storm
  8. dust storms
  9. dust trap
  10. dust traps
  11. dust up

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