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kicks up dust

kicks up dust is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 kicks up dust

What is kicks up dust the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Kicks up dust is the third-person singular simple present indicative of kick up dust.

Words near kicks up dust in the dictionary

  1. kicks to
  2. kicks to the curb
  3. kicks to the kerb
  4. kicks up
  5. kicks up a fuss
  6. kicks up dust
  7. kicks up one's heels
  8. kicks up the arse
  9. kicks up the ass
  10. kicks up the backside
  11. kicks up the bottom

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