dusting off in English

Forms: dust off [canonical], dusts off [third-person, singular], dusted off [past], dusted off [past, participle], dusting off [present, participle] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{verb|dust off|dusts off|dusted off|dusted off|dusting off}} [POS TABLE]

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"dusting off" meaning in English

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