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dusts up

dusts up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dust up.

Meaning of dust up

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To cover with dust.
  2. (slang, transitive) To attack (a person) physically; to beat up.
    • I promptly put my machine behind him and was about to dust him up a bit when another Fokker came to my help and got in first. He dived on the Caudron, who bolted at once. The Nieuport saw him and came to help his comrade in distress.2009, Johannes Werner, Knight of Germany: Oswald Boelcke German Ace, page 194

Questions about dusts up

What is dusts up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Dusts up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dust up.

Words near dusts up in the dictionary

  1. dusts off
  2. dusts off a batter
  3. dusts off the cobwebs
  4. dusts out
  5. dusts someone's jacket
  6. dusts up
  7. dustsheet
  8. dustsheets
  9. duststorm
  10. duststorms
  11. dustuck

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