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dusting someone's jacket

dusting someone's jacket is the present participle and gerund of dust someone's jacket.

Meaning of dust someone's jacket

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.

Questions about dusting someone's jacket

What is dusting someone's jacket the present participle and gerund of?
Dusting someone's jacket is the present participle and gerund of dust someone's jacket.

Words near dusting someone's jacket in the dictionary

  1. dusting down
  2. dusting off
  3. dusting off a batter
  4. dusting off the cobwebs
  5. dusting out
  6. dusting someone's jacket
  7. dusting up
  8. dustings
  9. dustish
  10. dustjacket
  11. dustjackets

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