Meaning of dust off | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To remove dust from.
   transitive
2. To use something after a long time without it.
   figuratively, transitive
3. To jilt or desert (a person).
   slang, transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“I think⟳ it's time to dust off my old golf clubs, now that I'm retired.”

“"If you're accused of profiling or pretextual stops, you can bring⟳ your daily logbook to court and document that pulling over motorists for 'stickler' reasons is part of your customary pattern," Remsberg writes, "not a glaring exception conveniently dusted off in the defendant's case."”

“For the Pleurotus mycelium to digest the used cigarette butts it might have⟳ to dust off an unused metabolic move⟳.”

“Red Sox by the Numbers A “dice girl in a roadside tavern,” she said she shot McNaughton because “he tried to dust me off.””

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