"bust the dust" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-bust the dust.ogg [Australia] Forms: busts the dust [present, singular, third-person], busting the dust [participle, present], busted the dust [participle, past], busted the dust [past], bust the dust [participle, past], bust the dust [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|past2=~}} bust the dust (third-person singular simple present busts the dust, present participle busting the dust, simple past and past participle busted the dust or bust the dust)
  1. (idiomatic, informal) To clean dust off something, such as with a vacuum cleaner. Tags: idiomatic, informal
    Sense id: en-bust_the_dust-en-verb-n8NEDx9u Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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