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dusted off

dusted off is the simple past and past participle of dust off.

Meaning of dust off

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To remove dust from.
  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.”

Questions about dusted off

What is dusted off the simple past and past participle of?
Dusted off is the simple past and past participle of dust off.

Words near dusted off in the dictionary

  1. dustcovers
  2. dustdevil
  3. dustdevils
  4. dusted
  5. dusted down
  6. dusted off
  7. dusted off a batter
  8. dusted off the cobwebs
  9. dusted out
  10. dusted someone's jacket
  11. dusted up

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