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make the dust fly

make the dust fly verb: to act very quickly or energetically.

Verb

make the dust fly (third-person singular simple present makes the dust fly, present participle making the dust fly, simple past and past participle made the dust fly)

  1. (US, informal) To act very quickly or energetically.

Forms of make the dust fly

third-person singular presentmakes the dust fly
present participlemaking the dust fly
past participlemade the dust fly
pastmade the dust fly

Questions about make the dust fly

What does make the dust fly mean?
Make the dust fly means to act very quickly or energetically.
What part of speech is make the dust fly?
Make the dust fly is a verb.
What is the past tense of make the dust fly?
The past tense of make the dust fly is made the dust fly.

Words near make the dust fly in the dictionary

  1. make the case for
  2. make the cheese more binding
  3. make the cut
  4. make the deasil
  5. make the difference
  6. make the dust fly
  7. make the feathers fly
  8. make the first move
  9. make the fur fly
  10. make the grade
  11. make the headlines

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