"shake off the dust from one's feet" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: shakes off the dust from one's feet [present, singular, third-person], shaking off the dust from one's feet [participle, present], shook off the dust from one's feet [past], shaken off the dust from one's feet [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|shake<,,shook,shaken> off the dust from one's feet}} shake off the dust from one's feet (third-person singular simple present shakes off the dust from one's feet, present participle shaking off the dust from one's feet, simple past shook off the dust from one's feet, past participle shaken off the dust from one's feet)
  1. (idiomatic) To separate oneself from something unpleasant; to leave a place for good. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: shake the dust from one's feet, shake the dust from one's sandals
    Sense id: en-shake_off_the_dust_from_one's_feet-en-verb-x-9vY0rs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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