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1 ■ dust off
■ dust offv. t. + avv.1 (fam.) rispolverare, tirare fuori di nuovo: She dusted off a story she had written years earlier and sent it to a magazine, ha rispolverato una novella che aveva scritto anni prima e l'ha mandata a una rivista; Do you want to dust off old skills or learn new ones?, vuoi rispolverare vecchie competenze o acquisirne di nuove?2 ( sport: baseball) eliminare ( un battitore) con un ► «duster» (def. 8) □ (fig.) to dust oneself off, leccarsi le ferite ( dopo un fallimento): Dust yourself off and carry on, leccati le ferite e vai avanti.
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