Word info

dust off

Speech parts

1. dust off - Noun

2. dust off - Verb

Meaning

(transitive) To remove dust from.

(transitive, figuratively) To use something after a long time without it.

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

(transitive, slang) To jilt or desert (a person).

The act of removing dust from something.

(military, Vietnam War) A medical helicopter.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Alternative names

dust-off

Examples

Blow the dust off the clock. Your watches are behind the times. Throw open the heavy curtains which are so dear to you - you do not even suspect that the day has already dawned outside. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Lilt pulled away. "I saw what he was doing, so I cleared a path for him. I helped him do it..." She shook her head, tears tracking the dust off her face, and turned to stare at the fallen tower. "Have we all gone mad to want this? Scott Westerfeld

It is justice and respect that I want the world to dust off and put - without delay, and with tenderness - back on the head of the Palestinian child. It will be imperfect justice and respect because the injustice and disrespect have been so severe. But I believe we are right to try. Alice Walker

When I was 13, I had my first job with my dad carrying shingles up to the roof. And then I got a job washing dishes at a restaurant. And then I got a job in a grocery store deli. And then I got a job in a factory sweeping Cheerio dust off the ground. Ashton Kutcher

Bulls don't read. Bears read financial history. As markets fall to bits, the bears dust off the Dutch tulip mania of 1637, the Banque Royale of 1719-20, the railway speculation of the 1840s, the great crash of 1929. James Buchan

Keep playing games. Make time to play games with your friends and family, because it's surprisingly heartbreaking to wipe a thin layer of dust off a game you love, before you put it back on the shelf because the real world is calling you. Wil Wheaton

Close letter words and terms