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kicked up dust

kicked up dust is the simple past and past participle of kick up dust.

Meaning of kick up dust

Verb

kick up dust (third-person singular simple present kicks up dust, present participle kicking up dust, simple past and past participle kicked up dust)

  1. To cause the air to become filled with dust from a surface.
    • Schneider maintains that water-assisted sweeping equipment helps keep dust down, except in new construction areas where it seems to kick up dust, but he'll compensate by turning up the water.2003, Stormwater: The Journal for Surface Water Quality Professionals
  2. To make a fuss.
    • Shanghai Kelly has been kicking up dust about the war on the crimps and boardinghouse keepers.1930, James Dalessandro, 1906 - a Novel

Questions about kicked up dust

What is kicked up dust the simple past and past participle of?
Kicked up dust is the simple past and past participle of kick up dust.

Words near kicked up dust in the dictionary

  1. kicked to
  2. kicked to the curb
  3. kicked to the kerb
  4. kicked up
  5. kicked up a fuss
  6. kicked up dust
  7. kicked up one's heels
  8. kicked upstairs
  9. kicked with
  10. kicked with the other foot
  11. kickee

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