dust off

English - Turkish

Definition of dust off in English Turkish dictionary

(Fiili Deyim ) 1- dayak atmak , pestilini çıkarmak 2- bırakmak , terketmek , ekmek 3- çekip gitmek , tüymek , toz olmak 4- öldürmek

yeniden başlamak

Bring out or back to use again

He dusted off his golf clubs when he retired.

pratik yapmak

Related Terms

shake the dust off one's feet

başını alıp gitmek

shake the dust off one's feet

(deyim) öfkeyle çekip gitmek

shake the dust off one's feet

(deyim) öfkeyle terk etmek

English - English

Definition of dust off in English English dictionary

To use something after a long time without it

I think it's time to dust off my old golf clubs, now that I'm retired.

To remove dust from something

If you say that someone has dusted himself or herself off or dusted himself or herself down, you mean that they have managed to recover from a severe problem which has affected their life. She dusted herself down and left to build her own career

If you say that someone dusts something off or dusts it down, you mean they are using an old idea or method, rather than trying something new. Critics were busy dusting down the same superlatives they had applied to their first three films

Turkish pronunciation

dʌst ôf

Pronunciation

/ˈdəst ˈôf/ /ˈdʌst ˈɔːf/

Etymology

[ 'd&st ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English dust; akin to Old High German tunst storm, and probably to Latin fumus smoke; more at FUME.