dust off

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === dust off (third-person singular simple present dusts off, present participle dusting off, simple past and past participle dusted off) (transitive) To remove dust from. (transitive, figurative) To use something after a long time without it. (transitive, slang) To jilt or desert (a person). Red Sox by the Numbers A “dice girl in a roadside tavern,” she said she shot McNaughton because “he tried to dust me off.” ==== Alternative forms ==== dust down ==== Derived terms ==== dust off a batter (baseball) dust off the cobwebs ==== Translations ====