"dust someone's jacket" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: dusts someone's jacket [present, singular, third-person], dusting someone's jacket [participle, present], dusted someone's jacket [participle, past], dusted someone's jacket [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} dust someone's jacket (third-person singular simple present dusts someone's jacket, present participle dusting someone's jacket, simple past and past participle dusted someone's jacket)
  1. (slang, archaic) To give someone a beating. Tags: archaic, slang
    Sense id: en-dust_someone's_jacket-en-verb-HCzwlsMj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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