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Dust off

verb, slang

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Verb
  1. 1
    To remove dust from. transitive
  2. 2
    To use something after a long time without it. figuratively, transitive

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

  3. 3
    To jilt or desert (a person). slang, transitive

    "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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