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dust something off to make something usable after it has not been used for a long time. It's a good time to dust off your resume and see if you can get some work. Byrne dusted off some of the band's classics in Tuesday's concert. See also: dust dust yourself off to prepare yourself to continue doing something you unexpectedly stopped doing. Everyone wonders if the nation can dust itself off after the disaster. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of dusting yourself off (= cleaning dirt off yourself) after you fall See also: dust |
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And that sort of faithful and proud devotion went so far as to make him go about flicking the dust off the varnished teak-wood rail of the little craft with a silk pocket-handkerchief - a present from Mrs. Clarke laid up his barge and canoes in a sheltered place, on the banks of a small bay, overgrown with shrubs and willows, confiding them to the care of the Nez Perce chief, who, on being promised an ample compensation, engaged to have a guardian eye upon them; then mounting his steed, and putting himself at the head of his little caravan, he shook the dust off his feet as he turned his back upon this village of rogues and hard dealers. Immediately each of the recruits, who understood the summons, took his hat, brushed the dust off his clothes, and followed D'Artagnan. |
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