to blow the dust off sth

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• dust — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fine ▪ airborne ▪ radioactive ▪ house, household ▪ desert (esp. AmE …   Collocations dictionary

• blow*/*/ — [bləʊ] (past tense blew [bluː] ; past participle blown [bləʊn] ) verb I 1) if wind or air blows, the air moves A strong wind was blowing across the island.[/ex] 2) [I/T] if something blows somewhere, or if it is blown somewhere, the wind moves it …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• blow — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 hard knock that hits sb/sth ADJECTIVE ▪ hard, heavy, nasty, painful, powerful, severe, sharp, stinging, violent …   Collocations dictionary

• cover — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 sth put on/over sth ADJECTIVE ▪ protective ▪ removable, reversible ▪ leather, plastic ▪ dust …   Collocations dictionary

• sand — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ coarse, fine ▪ a beach of fine golden sand ▪ hard, soft ▪ damp, moist …   Collocations dictionary

• dirt — noun 1 substance that makes sth dirty ADJECTIVE ▪ excess, loose ▪ She brushed the loose dirt off her coat. ▪ ingrained ▪ dog (BrE) ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• storm — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 period of bad weather ADJECTIVE ▪ bad, big, devastating, ferocious, fierce, great, heavy, killer (informal, esp. AmE), major …   Collocations dictionary

• fall — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 accident ADJECTIVE ▪ bad, nasty, terrible ▪ She took a bad fall while out riding. ▪ accidental VERB + FALL …   Collocations dictionary